Scleractinia taxon details

Caelastraea Alloiteau, 1952 †

1581266  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1581266)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Scleractinia suborder incertae sedis (Suborder)
  8. Amphiastreidae † (Family)
  9. Caelastraea † (Genus)
accepted
Genus
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Not documented
Status Caelastraea Alloiteau 1952 is neither an available name nor a junior homonym as Alloiteau explicitly referred to...  
Status Caelastraea Alloiteau 1952 is neither an available name nor a junior homonym as Alloiteau explicitly referred to Caelastraea Verrill 1866, obviously a lapsus calami for Coelastrea Verrill 1866 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Caelastraea Alloiteau, 1952 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1581266 on 2026-05-12
Date
action
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2022-05-18 08:04:09Z
created
Hoeksema, Bert

basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details] 
From editor or global species database
Status Caelastraea Alloiteau 1952 is neither an available name nor a junior homonym as Alloiteau explicitly referred to Caelastraea Verrill 1866, obviously a lapsus calami for Coelastrea Verrill 1866 [details]

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