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Stephanocoenia intersepta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora intersepta was named by Esper (1795). It is extant.

It was recombined as Astrea intersepta by Lamarck (1816); it was recombined as Stephanocoenia intersepta by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. guadalupe, S. maxima, S. microtuberculata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1795Madrepora intersepta Esper
1816Astrea intersepta Lamarck
1848Stephanocoenia intersepta Milne-Edwards and Haime
1848Stephanocoenia michelinii Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAstrocoeniidaeKoby 1890
genusStephanocoeniaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesintersepta(Esper 1795)

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.

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Invalid names: Stephanocoenia michelinii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym]
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 Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 27.30000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (87 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Stephanocoenia intersepta (163836)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago Stephanocoenia intersepta (27584 27594)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Cuba (Santiago de Cuba) Stephanocoenia intersepta (236938)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Cuba Stephanocoenia intersepta (71132)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Dominican Republic Stephanocoenia intersepta (124722)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Stephanocoenia intersepta (124777)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Stephanocoenia intersepta (120358)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Stephanocoenia intersepta (71397)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia (Maluku) Stephanocoenia intersepta (127843 127846)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Dominican Republic Stephanocoenia intersepta (124778)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Haiti Stephanocoenia intersepta (66809 66810)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica Stephanocoenia intersepta (34540)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica Stephanocoenia intersepta (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Bahamas Stephanocoenia intersepta (73661)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica Stephanocoenia intersepta (71418)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Stephanocoenia intersepta (73632 120214 120219)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Jamaica Stephanocoenia intersepta (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bahamas Stephanocoenia intersepta (73655)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Stephanocoenia intersepta (71722 71723 71725 71726 71729 71730 71731 71733 71735 71736 71737 71738 71739 71740 71741 71743 71744 71745 71749 71750 71751 71752 71754 71755 71756 71757 71758 71762 71763 71770 71771 71772 71774 73617)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Haiti Stephanocoenia intersepta (60888)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Stephanocoenia intersepta (75418 75419 75422)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Barbados Stephanocoenia michelini (88831)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados Stephanocoenia intersepta (102441)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Stephanocoenia intersepta (34518 34519 34520)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Stephanocoenia intersepta (102425)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Stephanocoenia intersepta (102419 102420)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Montserrat Stephanocoenia intersepta (209803)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saint Kitts and Nevis Stephanocoenia intersepta (209798)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia Stephanocoenia intersepta (102770 102774)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Stephanocoenia michelini (103516 103523 103528 103730)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Antilles Stephanocoenia michelini (97604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Stephanocoenia intersepta (97654 97657)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Stephanocoenia intersepta (97552 97553 97554)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Stephanocoenia michelinii (97606 97609 97610)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands Stephanocoenia michelini (97605)