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Heliastrea (Athecastraea) vesiculosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae

Taxonomy

Astrea vesiculosa was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850).

It was recombined as Heliastrea (Athecastraea) vesiculosa by Chevalier (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Athecastraea hufrahensis, Athecastraea maradahensis, Athecastraea patelliformis, Heliastraea fragilis, H. asteroides, H. exsculpta, H. fragilis, H. lilli, H. limbata, H. limbata, H. mellanica, H. oligophylla, H. ortiva, H. plana, H. puritana, H. raristella, H. simonyi, H. stellata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1850	Astrea vesiculosa Milne-Edwards and Haime
1961	Heliastrea (Athecastraea) vesiculosa Chevalier

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
family	Heliastraeidae	Alloiteau 1952
genus	Heliastrea	Milne Edwards and Haime 1857
subgenus	Athecastraea
species	vesiculosa	(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)

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.

†Heliastrea (Athecastraea) vesiculosa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Langhian or 27.30000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	France	Heliastrea vesiculosa (22968)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	France (Aquitaine)	Athecastraea vesiculosa (70203)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	France	Heliastraea vesiculosa (163838)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	France	Heliastrea vesiculosa (70313)