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Caulastrea
Taxonomy
Caulastraea was named by Dana (1846) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.
It was corrected as Caulastrea by Veron (2000) and Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Faviidae by Wells (1956) and Veron (2000); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).
It was corrected as Caulastrea by Veron (2000) and Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Faviidae by Wells (1956) and Veron (2000); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Caulastraea Dana |
| 1848 | Dasyphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime |
| 1956 | Caulastraea Wells |
| 2000 | Caulastrea Veron p. 91 |
| 2002 | Caulastrea Sepkoski |
| 2014 | Caulastraea Huang et al. |
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G. Caulastrea Dana 1846
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†Caulastraea geoffreyi Bromfield 2013
†Caulastraea tournoueri Matheron 1961
†Caulastrea brevicaulis Felix 1915
Caulastrea connata Ortmann 1892
†Caulastrea deformis Reuss 1868
†Caulastrea farsis Schuster 2002
Caulastrea furcata Dana 1846
†Caulastrea fusinieri Catullo 1847
†Caulastrea leptoclada Felix 1921
†Caulastrea matheroni Chevalier 1961
†Caulastrea portoricensis Coryell 1929
†Caulastrea pseudoflabellum Catullo 1852
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Invalid names: Calamophyllia fasciculata Reuss 1864 [synonym]
†Caulastrea tumida Matthai 1928
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Invalid names: Caulastrea yokoyamai Yabe and Sugiyama 1931 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dasyphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available