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Montastrea cylindrica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Astrea cylindrica Duncan
2003Montastrea cylindrica Stemann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciescylindrica(Duncan 1863)

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.

†Montastrea cylindrica Duncan 1863
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jamaica Montastrea cylindrica (69724)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Jamaica Montastrea cylindrica (69725)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Jamaica Montastrea cylindrica (69729)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago Montastrea cylindrica (27584 27588)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Panama Montastrea cylindrica (120409)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Dominican Republic Montastrea cylindrica (93719)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Montastrea cylindrica (120395)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Montastrea cylindrica (94000 94001)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Montastrea cylindrica (93791)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Montastrea cylindrica (93792 93795)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica Montastrea cylindrica (34543)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Montastrea cylindrica (120354)