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Actinastrea furcata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Allocoenia furcata was named by Etallon (1859).

It was recombined as Stephanocoenia furcata by de Fromentel (1864); it was recombined as Actinastrea furcata by Geyer (1955) and Rosendahl (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. crassa, A. kellumi, A. minima

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Allocoenia furcata Etallon
1864Stephanocoenia furcata de Fromentel
1955Actinastrea furcata Geyer
1966Allocoenia furcata Roniewicz
1985Actinastrea furcata Rosendahl

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusActinastread'Orbigny 1849
speciesfurcata(Etallon 1859)

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.

†Actinastrea furcata Etallon 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
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: 2008-01-26 09:44:35
Modified: 2008-01-26 11:44:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 161.20000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Lorraine) Allocoenia furcata (93189)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Ethiopia Stephanocoenia furcata (93493)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Ethiopia Stephanocoenia furcata (93538)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Portugal Actinastrea furcata (68611)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Allocoenia furcata (68366)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal Actinastrea furcata (68588)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Azerbaijan Stephanocoenia furcata (78475)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Centro) Actinastrea furcata (68220)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Actinastrea furcata (68785)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Actinastrea furcata (34662 67903 67904 67906 67908 67934 67935 67956)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Allocoenia furcata (68510)