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Latusastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Latusastrea was named by d'Orbigny (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm K Ceno-u Sepkoski's reference number: 821]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Heterocoeniidae by Turnsek (1997), Götz et al. (2005) and Kiessling (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Latusastrea d'Orbigny
1997Latusastraea Turnsek
2002Latusastrea Sepkoski
2005Latusastrea Götz et al.
2008Latusastrea Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderHeterocoeniinaBeauvais 1977
familyHeterocoeniidaeOppenheim 1930
genusLatusastread'Orbigny 1850

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. †Latusastrea d'Orbigny 1850
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Latusastrea alveolaris Goldfuss 1829
Latusastrea decipiens Prever 1909
Latusastrea exiguis Fromentel 1862
Latusastrea polygonalis de Fromentel 1862
Latusastrea provincialis d'Orbigny 1849
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Invalid names: Latusastraea xigazeensis Liao and Xia 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available