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Dimorphastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Dimorphastrea d'Orbigny
1930Leptophyllastraea Oppenheim
1956Leptophyllastraea Wells
1976Dimorphastraea Roniewicz
1986Dimorphastraea Beauvais
1997Dimorphastraea Turnsek
2002Dimorphastrea Baron-Szabo
2002Dimorphastrea Sepkoski
2002Leptophyllastraea Sepkoski
2005Leptophyllastraea López-Pérez p. 82
2010Dimorphastrea Löser p. 588
2021Dimorphastrea Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusDimorphastread'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. †Dimorphastrea d'Orbigny 1850
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Dimorphastrea bellula d'Orbigny 1850
Dimorphastrea composita Sowerby 1835
Dimorphastrea conica Koby 1886
Dimorphastrea dubia Fromentel 1861
Dimorphastrea excavata d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Dimorphastrea edwardsi Bölsche 1866 [synonym]
Dimorphastrea explanata de Fromentel 1857
Dimorphastrea fallax Becker 1875
Dimorphastrea fungiformis Bendukidze 1949
Dimorphastrea grandiflora d'Orbigny 1850
Dimorphastrea heteromorpha Quenstedt 1858
Dimorphastrea lamellosa Solomko 1887
Dimorphastrea parvistella Oppenheim 1930
Dimorphastrea radiata Koby 1906
Dimorphastrea ratshensis Bendukidze 1949
Dimorphastrea regularis Fromentel 1857
Dimorphastrea scutellum Oppenheim 1930
Dimorphastrea solida Umbgrove 1925
Dimorphastrea speciosa Becker 1875
Dimorphastrea stantoni Wells 1933
Dimorphastrea subturonensis Alloiteau 1958
Dimorphastrea sulcosa Reuss 1854
Dimorphastrea tendagurensis Dietrich 1926
Dimorphastrea tenuistriata Fromentel 1886
Dimorphastrea tenustriata Fromentel 1886
Dimorphastrea toucasi Fromentel 1886
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Invalid names: Thamnasteria hiraigaensis Eguchi 1951 [synonym]
Dimorphastrea udzlourensis Bendukidze 1956
Dimorphastrea vaughani Durham 1942
Dimorphastrea waehneri Felix 1903
Invalid names: Leptophyllastraea Oppenheim 1930 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R.C. Baron-Szabo 2021Colonial, massive, hemispherical, thamnasterioid. Budding circumoral. Corallites become arranged increasingly thamno-meandroid with increasing distance from central corallite. Septa subcompact with increasing perforations toward the axial end of the septa. Septal margins granular, septal flanks granular and pennular. Columella papillose, often made of a small number of papillae. Synapticulae abundant. Intertrabecular distance ranging between 150 to around 500 μm. No wall between the corallites. Endothecal dissepiments thin, subhorizontal.