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Clausastraea parva

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Clausastraea parva Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidae(Duncan 1884)
genusClausastraea
speciesparva

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.

Clausastraea parva Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian or 168.20000 to 152.21000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Spain (Andalucia) Clausastrea parva (91492)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) Clausastrea parva (87801)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Clausastrea parva (85959)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Poitou-Charentes) Clausastrea parva (87800)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Bourgogne) Clausastrea parva (93157)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania Clausastrea parva (35185)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Clausastrea parva (68365 68366)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Clausastrea parva (85936)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Clausastrea parva (34624 34625)