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Guembelastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Tropiastraeidae

Taxonomy
Guembelastraea was named by Cuif (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Carn-l Tr Nori-u Sepkoski's reference number: 834,919,920]. It is the type genus of Guembelastraeidae.

It was assigned to Gumbelastraeidae by Turnsek (1997); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Guembelastraeidae by Stanley and Onoue (2015); and to Tropiastraeidae by Melnikova and Roniewicz (2017).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Guembelastraea Cuif
1997Gumbelastraea Turnsek
2002Guembelastraea Sepkoski
2015Guembelastraea Stanley and Onoue p. 17
2017Guembelastraea Melnikova and Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyTropiastraeidaeCuif 1977
genusGuembelastraeaCuif 1976

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. †Guembelastraea Cuif 1976
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Guembelastraea kanmerae Stanley and Onoue 2015
Guembelastraea martini Smith 1927
Guembelastraea whiteavesi Clapp and Shimer 1911
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available