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Astrocoenia decaturensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

Taxonomy

Astrocoenia decaturensis was named by Vaughan (1919). It is not extant. Its type locality is Russell Springs, Bainbridge, which is in a Chattian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Chattahoochee Formation of Georgia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. bistallata, A. cellulata, A. duerdeni, A. farquharsoni, A. haisensis, A. jaccardi, A. konincki, A. kurkurensis, A. magnifica, A. minor, A. neocomiensis, A. octopartita, A. parvistellata, A. portoicensis, A. pumila, A. pyrenaica, A. septemdigitata, A. somaliensis, A. subornata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1919	Astrocoenia decaturensis Vaughan

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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	Astrocoeniina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
family	Astrocoeniidae	Koby 1890
genus	Astrocoenia	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
species	decaturensis

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.

†Astrocoenia decaturensis Vaughan 1919

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitef

Grouping:

colonialf

Clonal:

yesf

Environment:

marinef

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:

2008-01-26 09:47:11

Modified:

2008-01-26 11:47:11

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Pliocene or 37.71000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (12 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Jamaica	Astrocoenia decaturensis (69726)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Panama	Astrocoenia decaturensis (7274)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	Cuba	Astrocoenia decaturensis (71129)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua)	Astrocoenia decaturensis (34505)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Georgia)	Astrocoenia decaturensis (type locality: 71115)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Dominican Republic	Astrocoenia decaturensis (124743)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	Colombia	Astrocoenia decaturensis (201397 201399)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian	23.04 - 15.98	Colombia	Astrocoenia decaturensis (201393 201394 201396)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Haiti	Astrocoenia decaturensis (66809)