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Diploastrea heliopora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae

Taxonomy
Astrea heliopora was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Diploastrea heliopora by Matthai (1914).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. agglomerata, D. crassolamellata, D. haimei, D. nugenti

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Astrea heliopora Lamarck
1846Astrea patula Dana
1857Acanthastrea patula Milne-Edwards and Haime
1904Orbicella minikoiensis Gardiner
1914Diploastrea heliopora Matthai

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyDiploastraeidaeChevalier and Beauvais 1987
genusDiploastreaMatthai 1914
speciesheliopora(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Acanthastrea patula Dana 1846 [synonym], Orbicella minikoiensis Gardiner 1904 [synonym]
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 Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Diploastrea heliopora (163836)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia Diploastrea heliopora (86769)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Fiji Diploastrea heliopora (124829)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt Diploastrea heliopora (79599)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) Diploastrea heliopora (124821 124824)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) Diploastrea heliopora (124827)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Diploastrea heliopora (45341)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Indonesia Diploastrea heliopora (109445 109488)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Diploastrea heliopora (124833)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Diploastrea heliopora (45343 45344)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea Diploastrea heliopora (42736)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia (Java) Diploastrea heliopora (34722 62862)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Diploastrea heliopora (108772 108774) Orbicella minikoiensis (109671)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia (Maluku) Diploastrea heliopora (127837 127844 127845)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Maluku) Diploastrea heliopora (127842)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Aceh) Diploastrea heliopora (63119)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Diploastrea heliopora (45335 45340)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Philippines (Mindanao) Diploastrea heliopora (45347)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Diploastrea heliopora (124880)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117New Caledonia Diploastrea heliopora (90066)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia Diploastrea heliopora (104657)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Diploastrea heliopora (62784)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia Diploastrea heliopora (104744)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) Diploastrea heliopora (41605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Diploastrea heliopora (34477 103255 103257 103258 103260 103261 103265 103269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Orbicella minikoiensis (93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Diploastrea heliopora (44911)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Diploastrea heliopora (96956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Diploastrea heliopora (97445)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar Diploastrea heliopora (96925)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu Diploastrea heliopora (97442)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Diploastrea heliopora (97319)