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Isastrea angulosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Astrea angulosa was named by Goldfuss (1826). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Stephanocoenia angulosa by d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Isastrea angulosa by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Astrea angulosa Goldfuss
1850Stephanocoenia angulosa d'Orbigny
2006Isastrea angulosa Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidae(Duncan 1884)
genusIsastrea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
speciesangulosa(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

Isastrea angulosa Goldfuss 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Isastrea angulosa (85271 85272)