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Amphiastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Amphiastrea was named by Etallon (1859). It is not extant. It is the type genus of Amphiastreidae.

It was corrected as Amphiastraea by Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Amphiastreidae by Baron-Szabo (2002); and to Amphiastraeidae by Kiessling (2003) and Löser (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Amphiastrea Etallon
1904Connectastrea Koby
1966Connectastrea Beauvais
2002Amphiastrea Baron-Szabo
2002Amphiastraea Sepkoski
2002Connectastrea Sepkoski
2003Amphiastrea Kiessling
2010Amphiastrea Löser p. 581

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusAmphiastreaEtallon 1859

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. †Amphiastrea Etallon 1859
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Amphiastrea aethiopica Dietrich 1926
Amphiastrea basaltiformis Etallon 1859
Amphiastrea cylindrica Ogilvie 1897
Amphiastrea fallax Eliasova 1975
Amphiastrea gibberosa Gregory 1925
Amphiastrea gracilis Koby 1888
Amphiastrea kamoensis Eguchi 1951
Amphiastrea monosepta Liao and Xia 1985
Amphiastrea paronai Prever 1909
Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900
Amphiastrea yabei Eguchi 1951
Invalid names: Connectastrea Koby 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available