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Siderastrea siderea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora siderea was named by Ellis and Solander (1786). It is extant.

It was recombined as Astrea siderea by Lesueur (1821); it was recombined as Siderastrea siderea by Verrill (1901), López-Pérez (2005).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Madrepora siderea Ellis and Solander
1821Astrea siderea Lesueur
1901Siderastrea siderea Verrill
2005Siderastrea siderea López-Pérez p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderastreaBlainville 1830
speciessiderea(Ellis and Solander 1786)

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 siderea Ellis and Solander 1786
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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 (177 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Siderastrea siderea (163836)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Somalia Siderastrea siderea (78905)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Grenada Siderastrea siderea (58687)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Siderastrea siderea (85771 85785 85798 85799)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Colombia Siderastrea siderea (73792 73796)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia Siderastrea siderea (201165)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago Siderastrea siderea (27585 27588 27595)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Dominican Republic Siderastrea siderea (124722)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Cuba Siderastrea siderea (71132)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Panama Siderastrea siderea (120402)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Siderastrea siderea (34515 34517)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Haiti Siderastrea siderea (60104)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Siderastrea siderea (124777)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Siderastrea siderea (41067)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Siderastrea siderea (71367 71374 71389 71395 71396 71398 71410 124267 124270 124271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Dominican Republic Siderastrea siderea (124778)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica Siderastrea siderea (34540)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Haiti Siderastrea siderea (60894 60897 66809)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica Siderastrea siderea (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Colombia Siderastrea siderea (97677)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Bahamas Siderastrea siderea (73648 73660)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Netherlands Antilles Siderastrea siderea (41041 41042 41045 41050 41051)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica Siderastrea siderea (71411 71412 71415 71417 71418 71419 71421)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Netherlands Antilles Siderastrea siderea (41056)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Jamaica Siderastrea siderea (34541)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Siderastrea siderea (73627 73628 73630 80304 120197 120198 120201 120202 120214 120218 120219 120278 120281 120290 124662)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Siderastrea siderea (71720 71722 71723 71745 71749 71754 71767 71768 71769 71774 71778 73617 124700)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Jamaica Siderastrea siderea (34542)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Haiti Siderastrea siderea (60886 60888 60891 66813 66818 75301)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Barbados Siderastrea siderea (148824)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Siderastrea siderea (75418 75419 75423)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Siderastrea siderea (85455)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados Siderastrea siderea (102441 102442 102454 102464 102468)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saint Kitts and Nevis Siderastrea siderea (209798)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Sint Eustatius) Siderastrea siderea (209789 209794 209796)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Siderastrea siderea (102664 102669 102671 102672 102678 102679 102680 102682 102691 102699 102700 102701 102702 102706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela Siderastrea siderea (83665)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Siderastrea siderea (102633 102635 102639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles Siderastrea siderea (80903 80904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Siderastrea siderea (176403)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Siderastrea siderea (85457 102946 102950)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Siderastrea siderea (102425 102426)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Belize Siderastrea siderea (80910)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) Siderastrea siderea (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Siderastrea siderea (82819)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Dominica Siderastrea siderea (209345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Siderastrea siderea (103504 103509 103510 103511 103514 103520 103521 103522 103523 103524 103525 103526 103527 103528 103532 103724 103725 103730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia Siderastrea siderea (102766 102768 102769 102770 102771 102776 102777 102778 102779 102787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Siderastrea siderea (34518 34519)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Siderastrea siderea (89150)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Siderastrea siderea (97552 97553 97554 97555)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands Siderastrea siderea (97605)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Siderastrea siderea (97654 97655 97656)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Siderastrea siderea (97606 97609 97610)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Siderastrea siderea (165798)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Antilles Siderastrea siderea (97604)