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Coscinaraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Coscinaraeidae

Taxonomy
Coscinaraea was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Siderastreidae by Wells (1956) and López-Pérez (2005); and to Coscinaraeidae by Benzoni et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Coscinaraea Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Coscinaraea Wells p. 383
2005Coscinaraea López-Pérez p. 82
2012Coscinaraea Benzoni et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyCoscinaraeidae
genusCoscinaraeaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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. Coscinaraea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Coscinaraea colei Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
Coscinaraea monile Forskal 1775
Coscinaraea panamensis Stemann 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available