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Platygyra stricta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Coeloria stricta was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857).

It was recombined as Maeandra stricta by Vaughan (1918); it was recombined as Platygyra stricta by Chevalier (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Coeloria stricta Milne-Edwards and Haime
1918Maeandra stricta Vaughan
1968Platygyra stricta Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusPlatygyraEhrenberg 1834
speciesstricta(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857)

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.

Platygyra stricta Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia Maeandra stricta (109216 109227)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan Maeandra stricta (34877)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Maeandra stricta (63135)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129New Caledonia Platygyra stricta (89421 89437)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Platygyra stricta (89436)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Platygyra stricta (90055)