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Leptastrea purpurea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Leptastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrea purpurea was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Leptastrea purpurea by Vaughan (1918).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Astrea purpurea Dana
1849Leptastrea ehrenbergana Milne-Edwards and Haime
1918Leptastrea purpurea Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLeptastreidaeRowlett 2020
genusLeptastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciespurpurea(Dana 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.

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Invalid names: Leptastrea ehrenbergana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available