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Siderastrea radians

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora radians was named by Pallas (1766). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Siderastrea radians by Chaix and Saint Martin (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. felixi, S. tersannensis, S. wellsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Madrepora radians Pallas
2008Siderastrea radians Chaix and Saint Martin

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderastreaBlainville 1830
speciesradians(Pallas 1766)

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.

†Siderastrea radians Pallas 1766
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
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: 2008-01-28 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, 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 (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Siderastrea radians (163836)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) Siderastrea radians (88796)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France Siderastrea radians (163845)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Siderastrea radians (131977)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Siderastrea radians (71389)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Jamaica Siderastrea radians (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Siderastrea radians (120273)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Siderastrea radians (71721)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Haiti Siderastrea radians (60883 60886)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Angola Siderastrea radians (73803 73804)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain Siderastrea radians (176768)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Barbados Siderastrea radians (148824)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Cape Verde Siderastrea radians (176652 176653 176654)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Siderastrea radians (85455 88642)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Cape Verde Siderastrea radians (92705 92706)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados Siderastrea radians (102442 102456)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Cape Verde Siderastrea radians (89617)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Siderastrea radians (85457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Canary Islands) Siderastrea radians (92710)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) Siderastrea radians (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Siderastrea radians (80857 103503 103504 103510 103511 103516 103517 103527 103528 103529 103533 103729)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia Siderastrea radians (102770 102771 102789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Siderastrea radians (102639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Siderastrea radians (102668 102669 102670 102707 102708)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Siderastrea radians (97552 97553 97554)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Siderastrea radians (97659)