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Orbicella limbata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Phyllocoenia limbata was named by Duncan (1863).

It was recombined as Montastrea limbata by De Buisonjé (1974), Frost and Langenheim (1974), López-Pérez (2005); it was recombined as Orbicella limbata by Vaughan (1919), Flórez et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Phyllocoenia limbata Duncan p. 433
1864Plesiastrea ramea Duncan
1919Orbicella limbata Vaughan
1974Montastrea limbata De Buisonjé p. 222 figs. Pl 2, fig 4
1974Montastrea limbata Frost and Langenheim, Jr.
2005Montastrea limbata López-Pérez p. 83
2018Orbicella limbata Flórez et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusOrbicellaDana 1846
specieslimbata()

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.

†Orbicella limbata Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Plesiastrea ramea Duncan 1864 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Flórez et al. 2018Corallum massive and plocoid. Corallites cir-cular in shape, 3.5–4.2 mm in diameter, spaced 0.4–1.3 mmapart. Calices bear 24 septa, hexamerally arranged in threecomplete cycles. S1 and S2 reach the columella; S3 half widthof S2 or little more, occasionally reaching the columella.Paliform lobes present before S1, S2, and S3, in the latter justwhen they reach the columella. Columella trabecular, 0.7–1.0mm in diameter. Well-developed costae corresponding toall septa.
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 Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Gelasian or 27.30000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (127 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Venezuela Montastrea limbata (87096)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Colombia Orbicella limbata (201400)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela Montastrea limbata (87050 87097)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Sint Maarten Montastrea limbata (240915)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Chiapas) Montastrea limbata (85771 85785 85798 85799)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Dominican Republic Montastrea limbata (94084)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Colombia Montastraea limbata (73800)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago Montastrea limbata (27584 27585 27588 27591 27592 27595)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Grenada Montastrea limbata (58677)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Cuba Orbicella limbata (71132)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Dominican Republic Orbicella limbata (124722)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Montastrea limbata (41112 94093) Montastrea limbata, Montastrea limbata (41065)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Haiti Plesiastrea ramea (60096)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6USA (Puerto Rico) Montastrea limbata (71245)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Dominican Republic Montastrea limbata (84978 93719 93721 93794 94002) Orbicella limbata (124780)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Aruba Montastrea limbata (209165)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Curaçao Montastrea limbata, Montastrea limbata (41028)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Montastrea limbata (120356 120358)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Montastrea limbata (84960 84965 84966 84982 93731 93732 93797 94000 94001 94005 94094 94101 94104 94106) Montastrea limbata, Montastrea limbata (41067 41068)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Montastrea limbata (94086)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Montastrea limbata (84977 93718 93999 94095)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Montastrea limbata (74961 74968 80136 93733 93735 93737 93792 93795 93997 93998 94003 94004 94090) Montastrea limbata, Montastrea limbata (41070 41071)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Montastraea limbata (71374 71386 71387 71390 71395 71396 71397 71398 71409 71410)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Dominican Republic Montastrea limbata (93739 93793)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica Montastrea limbata (34540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Bahamas Montastraea limbata (73648 73658 73660)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Curaçao Montastrea limbata (41038 41039 41040 41041 41044 41048 41050 41051) Montastrea limbata, Montastrea limbata (41045)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica Montastraea limbata (71412 71413 71414 71415 71419 71421)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Curaçao Montastrea limbata (41055)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Montastraea limbata (73632) Montastrea limbata (120292)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Montastraea limbata (71720 71722 71728 71729 71730 71739 71740 71742 71743 71745 71747 71749 71751 71758 71759 71760 71763 71765 71773 73618 73625)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Orbicella limbata (75423)