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Pironastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Pironastrea was named by d'Achiardi (1875) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo T Mi-m]. Its type is Pironastrea discoides.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Siderastreidae by Wells (1956) and López-Pérez (2005).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Pironastrea d'Achiardi
1956Pironastrea Wells
2002Pironastrea Sepkoski
2005Pironastrea López-Pérez p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPironastread'Achiardi 1875

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. †Pironastrea d'Achiardi 1875
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Pironastrea anguillensis Vaughan 1919
Pironastrea antiguensis Vaughan 1919
Pironastrea discoides d'Achiardi 1875
Pironastrea lamellosa Chevalier 1968
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available