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Thamnasteria defrancei

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Thamnasteria defrancei was named by Michelin (1840). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. delicata, T. lamourouxii, T. nikoletti, T. piparensis, T. silesica

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Astrea defranciana Michelin
1840Thamnasteria defrancei Michelin
1849Synastrea defranciana Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823
speciesdefranceiMichelin 1840

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.

†Thamnasteria defrancei Michelin 1840
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Invalid names: Astrea defranciana Michelin 1840 [synonym], Synastrea defranciana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available