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Amphiastrea aethiopica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Amphiastrea aethiopica was named by Dietrich (1926).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Amphiastrea aethiopica Dietrich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusAmphiastrea
speciesaethiopicaDietrich 1926

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.

Amphiastrea aethiopica Dietrich 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: photosymbioticg
Diet 2: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2014-05-02 03:18:08
Modified: 2014-05-02 03:18:08
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Wells 1956

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 137.05000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Ukraine Amphiastrea aethiopica (77072)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Mexico Amphiastrea aethiopica (21253)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Mexico (Michoacan) Amphiastrea aethiopica (89846)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Amphiastrea aethiopica (34719)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Mexico (Sonora) Amphiastrea aethiopica (35101)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico Amphiastrea aethiopica (21254)