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Caulastraea geoffreyi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Caulastraea geoffreyi was named by Bromfield (2013). It is not extant. Its type locality is Benteng West, ISS1.2, Salayar Island, which is in a Messinian reef, buildup or bioherm rudstone/grainstone in the Salayar Formation of Indonesia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. cummingae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Caulastraea geoffreyi Bromfield

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCaulastraea(Dana 1846)
speciesgeoffreyi

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.

†Caulastraea geoffreyi Bromfield 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available