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Oulastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oulastreidae

Taxonomy
Oulastrea was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Faviidae by Veron (2000); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Oulastreidae by Kiessling (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Oulastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime
2000Oulastrea Veron p. 229
2002Oulastrea Sepkoski
2021Oulastrea Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyOulastreidaeVaughan 1919
genusOulastreaMilne-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. Oulastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Oulastrea crispata Lamarck 1816
Oulastrea praecrispata Umbgrove 1950
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available