Phymastrea

Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 494

Phymastrea Milne Edwards and Haime, 1848, p. 494 is a junior synonym (available and invalid), see Favites Link, 1807, p. 162.

Type Species

Phymastrea valenciennesii Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849, p. 124, pl. 9, fig. 3, 3a; Subsequent Designation Milne Edwards and Haime, 1849, p. 124

Type Specimen: Holotype; MNHN IK-2010-696; Verified; Dry Preserved

Type Locality: unknown

P. valenciennesii was referred to as Favia valenciennesi in Matthai (1924) and Chevalier (1971). It was treated as Montastraea valenciennesi in Veron, Pichon, and Wijsman-Best (1977).

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This version was contributed by Danwei Huang on 15-Sep-2013 23:23.

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The editor is: Ann Budd