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Psammocora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Psammocora was named by Dana (1846) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1110]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Thamnasteriidae by Veron and Pichon (1976); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Siderastreidae by Veron (2000) and López-Pérez (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Psammocora Dana
1976Psammocora Veron and Pichon p. 21
2000Psammocora Veron
2002Psammocora Sepkoski
2005Psammocora López-Pérez p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPsammocoraDana 1846

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. Psammocora Dana 1846
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Subg. Psammocora (Stephanaria) Verrill 1867
Psammocora explanulata van der Horst 1922
Psammocora gasparillensis Vaughan 1926
Psammocora paponica Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
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Invalid names: Psammocora superficialis Gardiner 1898 [synonym]
Psammocora stellata Verrill 1866
Psammocora trinitatis Vaughan 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available