Astroria
Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 493
Astroria Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 493 is junior synonym (available and invalid), see Platygyra Ehrenberg, 1834, p. 323.
Type Species
Madrepora daedalea Ellis and Solander, 1786, p. 163, fig. 1, 2; Subsequent Designation Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849, p. 297
Type Specimen: Holotype; GLAHM 104008; Verified; Dry Preserved
Type Locality: unknown (Recent)
Milne Edwards and Haime (1848) assigned Meandrina daedalea Lamarck as the type species of Caeloria by original designation in 1848. They assigned the same species as the type species of Astroria by subsequent designation in 1849, but place it in synonymy with Madrepora daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786.
Classification
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This version was contributed by Ann Budd on 22-Mar-2012 18:21.
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The editor is: Ann Budd
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