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Heterastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae

Taxonomy
Heterastraea was named by Tomes (1888) [Sepkoski's age data: J Hett J Bajo-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2,919]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Stylophyllidae by Roniewicz and Michalík (1998); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Oppelismiliidae by Roniewicz (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Heterastraea Tomes
1998Heterastraea Roniewicz and Michalík p. 395
2002Heterastraea Sepkoski
2009Heterastraea Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderStylophyllinaBeauvais 1981
familyOppelismiliidae
genusHeterastraeaTomes 1888

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. †Heterastraea Tomes 1888
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Heterastraea angelae Turnsek et al. 2003
Heterastraea eveshami Duncan 1867
Heterastraea gracilis Roniewicz 1974
Heterastraea stricklandi Duncan 1867
Heterastraea tomesi Duncan 1867
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available