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Siderastrea adkinsi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Synastrea adkinsi was named by Wells (1934). Its type locality is Catadupa, "Catadupa Beds", which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian shallow subtidal limestone in the "Catadupa Beds" Formation of Jamaica.

It was recombined as Siderastrea adkinsi by Schafhauser et al. (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. felixi, S. tersannensis, S. wellsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Synastrea adkinsi Wells
2003Siderastrea adkinsi Schafhauser et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderastreaBlainville 1830
speciesadkinsi()

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 adkinsi Wells 1934
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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 Maastrichtian to the top of the Danian or 72.20000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Jamaica (St. James Parish) Synastrea adkinsi (type locality: 88337)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Siderastrea adkinsi (27649)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon Parish) Synastrea adkinsi (163079)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico Siderastrea adkinsi (38870 138913)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Siderastrea adkinsi (27647 27655 27658)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Siderastrea adkinsi (27645)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (La Pampa) Siderastrea adkinsi (52354)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Puerto Rico Synastrea adkinsi (87547)