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Meandrina antiguensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Maeandra antiguensis was named by Vaughan (1919). Its type locality is Willoughby Bay, which is in a Chattian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Antigua Formation of Antigua and Barbuda.

It was recombined as Meandrina antiguensis by Frost and Langenheim (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Maeandra antiguensis Vaughan
1974Meandrina antiguensis Frost and Langenheim, Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
genusMeandrinaLamarck 1801
speciesantiguensis()

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.

Meandrina antiguensis Vaughan 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Chiapas) Meandrina antiguensis (85745)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Panama Maeandra antiguensis (124627)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Maeandra antiguensis (type locality: 34505)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Mexico (Chiapas) Meandrina antiguensis (31271)