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Actinastrea matheyi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy

Astrocoenia matheyi was named by Koby (1885). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Allocoenia matheyi by Roniewicz (1966); it was recombined as Actinastrea matheyi by Rosendahl (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. arnaudi, A. crassa, A. delemontana, A. dephilla, A. dodecaphylla, A. faujasi, A. jaccardi, A. kellumi, A. limbata, A. magnifica, A. minima, A. minima, A. minuta, A. plicata, A. pseudominima, A. remesi, A. reticulata, A. tarbellensis, A. tenuisepta

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1885	Astrocoenia matheyi Koby
1966	Allocoenia matheyi Roniewicz
1985	Actinastrea matheyi Rosendahl

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Astrocoeniina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
family	Actinastreidae	(Alloiteau 1952)
genus	Actinastrea	d'Orbigny 1849
species	matheyi	()

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 matheyi Koby 1885

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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 157.90000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian	165.3 - 154.8	Chile	Actinastrea matheyi (58441)
Oxfordian	161.5 - 154.8	Chile	Actinastrea matheyi (58771 58772)
Late/Upper Oxfordian	157.9 - 154.8	Poland	Allocoenia matheyi (68365 68367)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	157.9 - 152.21	Portugal	Actinastrea matheyi (68589 68590)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 152.21	Portugal	Actinastrea matheyi (34664)
Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 149.2	Portugal (Centro)	Actinastrea matheyi (68220)
Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 149.2	Portugal	Actinastrea matheyi (68602)
Late/Upper Tithonian	145.06 - 143.1	Czechia	Actinastrea matheyi (36533)