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Fungiastraea arachnoides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Madrepora arachnoides was named by Parkinson (1808).

It was recombined as Synastrea arachnoides by d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Thamnastraea arachnoides by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857) and Koby (1904); it was recombined as Fungiastraea arachnoides by Roniewicz (1976).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. brevipes, F. lamellosa, F. miraensis, F. praeturoniana, F. stricta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Madrepora arachnoides Parkinson
1850Synastrea arachnoides d'Orbigny p. 386
1857Thamnastraea arachnoides Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 357
1904Thamnastraea arachnoides Koby
1976Fungiastraea arachnoides Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusFungiastraeaAlloiteau 1952
speciesarachnoides(Parkinson 1808)

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.

†Fungiastraea arachnoides Parkinson 1808
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
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: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 174.70000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Thailand Fungiastraea arachnoides (79544)
Early/Lower Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Czechia Fungiastraea arachnoides (61227)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom Fungiastraea arachnoides (86020)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Fungiastraea arachnoides (31433 31436)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Fungiastraea arachnoides (31437)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Lower Saxony) Fungiastraea arachnoides (23910)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany Fungiastraea arachnoides (21257)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Fungiastraea arachnoides (68365 68367)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8United Kingdom Fungiastraea arachnoides (35300)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Azerbaijan Thamnastraea arachnoides (78420)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Georgia Fungiastraea arachnoides (85930)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Fungiastraea arachnoides (68590)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Uzbekistan Thamnastraea arachnoides (91782 91783 91787)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Fungiastraea arachnoides (68674 68690)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Valanginian157.9 - 132.6China (Xizang) Fungiastraea arachnoides (61414)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Fungiastraea arachnoides (34624)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Fungiastraea arachnoides (35200 35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Fungiastraea arachnoides (34662 68585 68594)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Fungiastraea arachnoides (68220)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy Fungiastraea arachnoides (154046)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Spain Fungiastraea arachnoides (69197)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Poland Fungiastraea arachnoides (64116)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Fungiastraea arachnoides (83393)