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Astreopora
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Taxonomy
Astreopora was named by Blainville (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acroporidae by Veron (2000) and Kosnik (2002).
It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acroporidae by Veron (2000) and Kosnik (2002).
Species
A. annulata, A. antiguensis, A. auvertiaca, A. compressa, A. decaphylla, A. densata, A. digitata, A. dubiosa, A. duwamishensis, A. ehrenbergi, A. esperanzae, A. expansa (syn. A. explanata), A. gatuncilloensis, A. goethalsi, A. gracilis, A. hemisphaerica, A. hexaphylla, A. hochstetteri, A. leightoni, A. listeri (syn. A. horizontalis, Madrepora galaxea), A. meneghiniana, A. microcalix, A. minima, A. mostarensis, A. myriophthalma, A. occidentalis, A. portoricensis, A. profunda, A. rutteni, A. sanjuanensis, A. schedakena, A. sphaeroidalis, A. spinulosum, A. stellaris, A. subcylindrica, A. tecta, A. wallaceae, A. walli
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1830 | Astreopora Blainville |
| 1857 | Araeacis Haime and Milne-Edwards |
| 1867 | Polysolenia Reuss |
| 2000 | Astreopora Veron p. 434 |
| 2002 | Astreopora Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2002 | Palastreopora Sepkoski, Jr. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available