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Dipsastraea speciosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Astrea speciosa was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Favia speciosa by Vaughan (1918); it was recombined as Dipsastraea speciosa by Huang et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Astrea speciosa Dana
1918Favia speciosa Vaughan
2014Dipsastraea speciosa Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusDipsastraeade Blainville 1830
speciesspeciosa(Dana 1846)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available