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Goniastrea stelligera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Orbicella stelligera was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Orbicella stelligera Dana
1918Favia stelligera Vaughan
2014Goniastrea stelligera 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
genusGoniastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesstelligera(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