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Galaxea
Taxonomy
Galaxea was named by Oken (1815) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1110]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Galaxeinae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Euphylliidae by Budd et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Galaxeinae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Euphylliidae by Budd et al. (2012).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1815 | Galaxea Oken |
| 1849 | Acrhelia Milne-Edwards and Haime |
| 1857 | Acrohelia Milne-Edwards and Haime |
| 1956 | Acrhelia Wells p. F413 |
| 1956 | Galaxea Wells |
| 2002 | Acrohelia Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Galaxea Sepkoski |
| 2012 | Galaxea Budd et al. |
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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.
G. Galaxea Oken 1815
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Galaxea acrhelia Veron 2000
Galaxea astreata Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Galaxea clavus Dana 1846 [synonym], Galaxea lamarcki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 [synonym]
†Galaxea elegantissima Umbgrove 1946
†Galaxea excelsa Weisbord 1973
†Galaxea haligena Felix 1913
Galaxea horrescens Dana 1846
†Galaxea junghuhni Gerth 1921
†Galaxea kabairaensis Bromfield 2013
Galaxea paucisepta Claereboudt 1990
†Galaxea salayarensis Bromfield 2013
Invalid names: Acrhelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available