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Palaeastraea grandissima

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Phyllocoenia grandissima was named by Frech (1890).

It was recombined as Confusastrea grandissima by Smith (1927); it was recombined as Palaeastraea grandissima by Fantini Sestini and Motta (1984) and Roniewicz (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Phyllocoenia grandissima Frech
1927Confusastrea grandissima Smith p. 130 figs. Pl 115, fig 4
1984Palaeastraea grandissima Fantini Sestini and Motta
1989Palaeastraea grandissima Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
subfamilyCoryphylliinaeBeauvais 1981
genusPalaeastraeaKühn 1936
speciesgrandissima()

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.

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Diagnosis
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