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Ampakabastraea cowichanensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae

Taxonomy
Isastrea cowichanensis was named by Clapp and Shimer (1911). It is not extant. Its type locality is GSC 13703, Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Island, which is in a Rhaetian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Sutton Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Confusastrea cowichanensis by Smith (1927); it was recombined as Guembelastraea cowichanensis by Montanaro-Gallitelli (1979); it was recombined as Kuhnastraea cowichanensis by Stanley, jr and Whalen (1989), Stanley (1994) and Caruthers and Stanley (2008); it was recombined as Ampakabastraea cowichanensis by Roniewicz and Stanley (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Isastrea cowichanensis Clapp and Shimer
1927Confusastrea cowichanensis Smith p. 129 figs. Pl 105, fig 3; pl 114, figs 10-13; pl 121, fig 1
1979Guembelastraea cowichanensis Montanaro-Gallitelli
1989Kuhnastraea cowichanensis Stanley, jr. and Whalen
1994Kuhnastraea cowichanensis Stanley, Jr. p. 92 figs. Pl 4, figs 10,11
2008Kuhnastraea cowichanensis Caruthers and Stanley , Jr.
2013Ampakabastraea cowichanensis Roniewicz and Stanley p. 956 figs. 8.15-8.21, 9.1, 9.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPamiroseriidaeMelnikova 1984
genusAmpakabastraea
speciescowichanensis()

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.

Ampakabastraea cowichanensis Clapp and Shimer 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available