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Plesiastrea sulcatilamellosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrea sulcatilamellosa was named by Michelin (1841).

It was recombined as Plesiastrea sulcatilamellosa by Reyeros-Navarro (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Astrea sulcatilamellosa Michelin
1963Plesiastrea sulcatilamellosa Reyeros-Navarro

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyPlesiastreidaeDai and Hong 2009
genusPlesiastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciessulcatilamellosa(Michelin 1841)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Albian or 121.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico Plesiastrea sulcatilamellosa (69900)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Mexico (Oaxaca) Plesiastrea sulcatilamellosa (79465)