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Montastrea irradians

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Phyllocoenia irradians was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

It was recombined as Orbicella irradians by Vaughan (1919); it was recombined as Heliastrea irradians by Azzaroli (1958); it was recombined as Montastrea irradians by Pfister (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. nancyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Phyllocoenia irradians Milne-Edwards and Haime
1919Orbicella irradians Vaughan
1958Heliastrea irradians Azzaroli
1980Montastrea irradians Pfister

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciesirradians(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)

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 irradians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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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 Lutetian to the top of the Aquitanian or 47.80000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Montastrea irradians (75454)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Croatia Heliastrea irradians (124371 124372)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Montastrea irradians (10703 10963)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Somalia Heliastrea irradians (78952)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Veneto) Montastrea irradians (91899) Phyllocoenia irradians (91634 91645 91646 91651 91652)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy Montastrea irradians (70053)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Somalia Orbicella irradians (71062)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy Montastrea irradians (69940 69949)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Phyllocoenia irradians (70315)