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Diploastrea crassolamellata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae

Taxonomy
Astrea crassolamellata was named by Duncan (1863).

It was recombined as Diploastrea crassolamellata by Vaughan (1919), López-Pérez (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. agglomerata, D. haimei, D. heliopora, D. nugenti

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Astrea crassolamellata Duncan
1919Diploastrea crassolamellata Vaughan
2005Diploastrea crassolamellata López-Pérez p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyDiploastraeidaeChevalier and Beauvais 1987
genusDiploastreaMatthai 1914
speciescrassolamellata(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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Aquitanian or 37.71000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama Diploastrea crassolamellata (42488)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Chiapas) Diploastrea crassolamellata (85745)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jamaica Diploastrea crassolamellata (69724)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Panama Diploastrea crassolamellata (124627)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Cuba Diploastrea crassolamellata (71129)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda Diploastrea crassolamellata (203876 203877 203879)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Georgia) Diploastrea crassolamellata (71115)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Diploastrea crassolamellata (34504 34505 124537 124705 203881 203918 203919 203920)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Mexico (Chiapas) Diploastrea crassolamellata (31271)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Venezuela Diploastrea crassolamellata (87067 87096)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Somalia Diploastrea crassolamellata (123805)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Jamaica Diploastrea crassolamellata (69725)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Cuba (Oriente) Diploastrea crassolamellata (124701)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mexico (Chiapas) Diploastrea crassolamellata (85756)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Colombia Diploastrea crassolamellata (201398 201400)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Colombia Diploastrea crassolamellata (73792)