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Siderastrea conferta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy

Isastrea conferta was named by Duncan (1863).

It was recombined as Siderastrea conferta by Vaughan (1919), López-Pérez (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. blanckenhorni, S. clava, S. crenulata, S. felixi, S. felixi, S. forojuliensis, S. funesta, S. hemisphaerica, S. lecointrei, S. marloti, S. miocenica, S. miocenica, S. pulcherrima, S. siderae, S. tersannensis, S. wellsi

Synonyms

Siderastrea hexagonalis was named by Vaughan (1900). Its type locality is Prairie Creek, which is in a Paleocene coastal siliciclastic in Alabama.

It was recombined as Siderastrea (Siderastrea) hexagonalis by López-Pérez (2005); it was synonymized subjectively with Siderastrea conferta by Baron-Szabo (2008).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1863	Isastrea conferta Duncan
1900	Siderastrea hexagonalis Vaughan
1919	Siderastrea conferta Vaughan
2005	Siderastrea (Siderastrea) hexagonalis López-Pérez p. 82
2005	Siderastrea conferta López-Pérez p. 82

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Fungiina	Verrill 1865
family	Siderastreidae	Vaughan and Wells 1943
genus	Siderastrea	Blainville 1830
species	conferta	(Duncan 1863)

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 conferta Duncan 1863

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Invalid names: Siderastrea hexagonalis Vaughan 1900 [synonym]

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 Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 66.00000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (25 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	USA (Alabama)	Siderastrea hexagonalis (87802)
Early/Lower Eocene	56.0 - 48.07	Mexico (Chiapas)	Siderastrea hexagonalis (85738)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Mexico (Chiapas)	Siderastrea conferta (85745)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Jamaica	Siderastrea conferta (69724)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua)	Siderastrea conferta (124705 203920)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Mexico (Chiapas)	Siderastrea conferta (31271)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Puerto Rico	Siderastrea conferta (124635)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Antigua and Barbuda	Siderastrea conferta (203876)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Jamaica	Siderastrea conferta (69725)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Venezuela	Siderastrea conferta (87067 87096)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	Panama	Siderastrea conferta (42625 60261 60262 60264)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Colombia	Siderastrea conferta (73793)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Venezuela	Siderastrea conferta (87050)
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	Colombia	Siderastrea conferta (73795)
Burdigalian - Serravallian	20.45 - 11.63	Anguilla	Siderastrea conferta (22971 22972 22973 124703 179133 179134)