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Astrangia  Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848
Taxonomic Serial No.: 53366

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2000   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumCnidaria Hatschek, 1888 – cnidarians, coelenterates, cnidaires, coelentérés, água viva, anêmona, caravela, cnidario, coral, hidra  
       SubphylumAnthozoa   
          ClassAnthozoa Ehrenberg, 1834 – corals, flower animals, sea anemones, anémones de mer, coraux, água viva, anêmona, antozoário, caravela, corais, gorgônia  
             SubclassHexacorallia   
                OrderScleractinia Bourne, 1900 – stony corals, madrépores  
                   SuborderFaviina Vaughan and Wells, 1943  
                      FamilyRhizangiidae D'Orbigny, 1851  
                         GenusAstrangia Milne-Edwards and Haime, 1848  
    Direct Children:  
                            SpeciesAstrangia atrata (Dennant, 1906)  
                            SpeciesAstrangia braziliensis Vaughan, 1906  
                            SpeciesAstrangia browni Palmer, 1928  
                            SpeciesAstrangia californica Durham and Barnard, 1952  
                            SpeciesAstrangia conferta Verrill, 1870  
                            SpeciesAstrangia costata Verrill, 1866  
                            SpeciesAstrangia dentata Verrill, 1866  
                            SpeciesAstrangia equatorialis Durham and Barnard, 1952  
                            SpeciesAstrangia haimei Verrill, 1866  
                            SpeciesAstrangia howardi Durham and Barnard, 1952  
                            SpeciesAstrangia lajollaensis Durham, 1947  
                            SpeciesAstrangia macrodentata Theil, 1940  
                            SpeciesAstrangia mercatoris Theil, 1941  
                            SpeciesAstrangia poculata (Ellis and Solander, 1786) – northern star coral 
                            SpeciesAstrangia rathbuni Vaughan, 1906  
                            SpeciesAstrangia solitaria (Lesueur, 1817)  
                            SpeciesAstrangia woodsi Wells, 1955  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Astrangia   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wells, John W.   
  Publication Date: 1986   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue)   
  Page(s): 69   
  Publisher: International Association for the Study of Fossil Cnidaria   
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  Reference for: Astrangia   
       

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