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Palaeastraea mandrakiensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Palaeastraea mandrakiensis was named by Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan (1994). It is not extant. Its type locality is Hydra, reef limestone facies, which is in a Tuvalian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Pantokrator limestone Formation of Greece.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Palaeastraea mandrakiensis Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
subfamilyCoryphylliinaeBeauvais 1981
genusPalaeastraeaKühn 1936
speciesmandrakiensis

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.

Palaeastraea mandrakiensis Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan 1994
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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: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 10:25:35
Modified: 2008-02-11 12:25:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Tuvalian or 233.60000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Greece Palaeastraea mandrakiensis (type locality: 38018)