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Dendrastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Dendrastrea was named by d'Orbigny (1849). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Thamnasteria by Wells (1956).

It was assigned to Thamnasteriidae by Beauvais (1966) and Fischer (1969).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Dendrastrea d'Orbigny
1966Dendrastrea Beauvais p. 162
1969Dendrastrea Fischer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusDendrastread'Orbigny 1849

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. †Dendrastrea d'Orbigny 1849
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Dendrastrea dissimilis Michelin 1846
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available