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Fungiastraea crespoi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea crespoi was named by Felix (1891).

It was recombined as Thamnasteria crespoi by Wells (1933); it was recombined as Synastrea crespoi by Wells (1948); it was recombined as Astraeofungia crespoi by Löser (2006); it was recombined as Fungiastraea crespoi by Löser (1994) and Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Thamnastraea crespoi Felix
1933Thamnasteria crespoi Wells
1948Synastrea crespoi Wells
1994Fungiastraea crespoi Löser
2006Astraeofungia crespoi Löser
2009Fungiastraea crespoi Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusFungiastraeaAlloiteau 1952
speciescrespoi(Felix 1891)

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.

Fungiastraea crespoi Felix 1891
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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: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 129.40000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Mexico (Puebla) Astraeofungia crespoi (89865)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Trinidad and Tobago Synastrea crespoi (25538 25539)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico Thamnasteria crespoi (69900)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian122.46 - 100.5Iran Fungiastraea crespoi (31651)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece Fungiastraea crespoi (34719)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany Fungiastraea crespoi (25535 221477)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Mexico (Michoacan) Fungiastraea crespoi (89844 89846)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Mexico Fungiastraea crespoi (21255)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Fungiastraea crespoi (94265)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Austria Fungiastraea crespoi (27296)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria Fungiastraea crespoi (24265)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman Fungiastraea crespoi (206408)