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Solenastrea desmoulinsi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Plesiastrea desmoulinsi was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi by Chaix and Delrieu (1993); it was recombined as Solenastrea desmoulinsi by Schuster (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Plesiastrea desmoulinsi Milne-Edwards and Haime
1993Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi Chaix and Delrieu
2002Solenastrea desmoulinsi Schuster

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900
genusSolenastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesdesmoulinsi(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)

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.

†Solenastrea desmoulinsi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 08:25:59
Modified: 2009-12-16 11:54:53
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Messinian or 27.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Plesiastraea desmoulinsi (163836)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (70232) Plesiastraea desmoulinsi (163837)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Portugal Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (92102)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (70191) Plesiastraea desmoulinsi (163838)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran Solenastrea desmoulinsi (41077)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Aquitaine) Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (70203)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Portugal (Setubal) Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (92101)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (70450)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Poland Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (38822)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (70497)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Italy Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (69924)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Palaeoplesiastraea sp. (70785)