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Stephanastrea simonneliana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Synastrea simonneliana was named by d'Orbigny (1850). Its type specimen is lectotype MNHN-F-R54660, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Stephanastrea simonneliana by Pandey et al. (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. simonelliana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Synastrea simonneliana d'Orbigny
2007Stephanastrea simonneliana Pandey et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusStephanastrea
speciessimonneliana()

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.

†Stephanastrea simonneliana d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 09:44:35
Modified: 2008-01-26 11:44:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 184.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Iran Stephanastrea simonneliana (73968)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Mâconnais) Stephanastrea simonneliana (38582 38583 38584 38585 38587)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Bourgogne) Stephanastrea simonneliana (38571)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Lorraine) Stephanastrea simonneliana (38560)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Franche Comté) Stephanastrea simonneliana (38579)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France Stephanastrea simonneliana (38588 38590)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Slovakia (Trenčín) Stephanastrea simonneliana (234458 234459 234460 234461)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Stephanastrea simonneliana (83393)