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Actinastrea crassoramosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrea crassoramosa was named by Michelin (1843). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Enallocoenia crassoramosa by Beauvais (1966) and Pandey and Fürsich (2005); it was recombined as Actinastrea crassoramosa by Geyer (1955), Geyer (1965), Prinz (1991) and Kiessling et al. (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. crassa, A. kellumi, A. minima

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Astrea crassoramosa Michelin
1955Actinastrea crassoramosa Geyer
1965Actinastrea crassoramosa Geyer
1966Enallocoenia crassoramosa Beauvais
1991Actinastrea crassoramosa Prinz
2005Enallocoenia crassoramosa Pandey and Fürsich
2011Actinastrea crassoramosa Kiessling et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusActinastread'Orbigny 1849
speciescrassoramosa(Michelin 1843)

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.

†Actinastrea crassoramosa Michelin 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 09:44:35
Modified: 2008-01-26 11:44:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 171.60000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Chile Actinastrea crassoramosa (34631)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia (Taţāwīn) Enallocoenia crassoramosa (83347 83348)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Saudi Arabia Enallocoenia crassoramosa (34544)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Chile Actinastrea crassoramosa (58441)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Chile Actinastrea crassoramosa (58772)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Enallocoenia crassoramosa (93264)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Ethiopia Actinastrea crassoramosa (93031 93858 93866 94312 94313 94315 94317 94318 94319 94320 94324 94326 94330 94332 94335 94337 94338 94339)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Iran (Tabas Area) Enallocoenia crassoramosa (41422)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Saudi Arabia Actinastrea crassoramosa (28059)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal Actinastrea crassoramosa (68588 68589)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Actinastrea crassoramosa (68602 68607 68787)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Centro) Actinastrea crassoramosa (68220)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Actinastrea crassoramosa (34662 34664)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Actinastrea crassoramosa (34665)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland Actinastrea crassoramosa (21268)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Portugal Actinastrea crassoramosa (68609)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Portugal Actinastraea crassoramoba (8604) Actinastrea crassoramosa (8159)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Actinastrea crassoramosa (36533)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Enallocoenia crassoramosa (83393)