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Galaxea astreata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae

Taxonomy
Caryophyllia astreata was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Galaxea astreata by Kiessling et al. (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Caryophyllia astreata Lamarck
1846Anthophyllum clavus Dana
1851Galaxea lamarcki Milne-Edwards and Haime
1918Galaxea clavus Vaughan
1924Galaxea clava Umbgrove
2011Galaxea astreata Kiessling et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyEuphylliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusGalaxeaOken 1815
speciesastreata(Lamarck 1816)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Galaxea astreata Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Galaxea clavus Dana 1846 [synonym], Galaxea lamarcki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available