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Amphiastrea piriformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Amphiastrea piriformis was named by Gregory (1900).

It was recombined as Connectastrea piriformis by Beauvais (1966); it was misspelled as Amphiastraea piriformis by Pandey and Fürsich (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. basaltiformis, A. gregoryi, A. minima, A. regularis, A. woodiae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory
1966Connectastrea piriformis Beauvais
2005Amphiastraea piriformis Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusAmphiastrea
speciespiriformisGregory 1900

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.

†Amphiastrea piriformis Gregory 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: photosymbioticg
Diet 2: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2014-05-02 03:18:08
Modified: 2014-05-02 03:18:08
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Wells 1956

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Tithonian or 170.90000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2India Amphiastraea piriformis (68387)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.2 - 161.5Iran (Tabas Area) Amphiastraea piriformis (41410 41414)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India (Kachchh) Amphiastrea piriformis (24047)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Amphiastraea piriformis (67394 68556) Amphiastrea piriformis (67395)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Connectastrea piriformis (36660 36661 36663 36665 36666)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia (Taţāwīn) Amphiastraea piriformis (83347 83348 83349)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Somalia Amphiastrea piriformis (100378 100387)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Ethiopia Goniastrea favulus (93490)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India Amphiastraea piriformis (68598 68601)
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian165.3 - 152.21Iran (Tabas Area) Amphiastrea piriformis (41417)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Iran (Tabas Area) Amphiastraea piriformis (41422 41423)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Somalia Amphiastrea piriformis (100370)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Ethiopia Goniastrea aloysiisabaudiae (93540)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Ethiopia Goniastrea favulus (93538)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Portugal Amphiastrea piriformis (8515)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Amphiastrea piriformis (68589 68610)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Amphiastraea piriformis (68702)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Amphiastrea piriformis (34611 34625)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Amphiastrea piriformis (68586)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Amphiastrea piriformis (8672 68602)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Amphiastrea piriformis (34665) Connectastrea piriformis (68236)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal Amphiastrea piriformis (68238 68239)