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Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea pseudarachnoides was named by Becker (1875). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides by Geyer (1954); it was recombined as Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides by Beauvais (1988).

Synonyms
  • Thamnastraea multicincta was named by Koby (1904). It is not extant.

    It was recombined as Synastrea multicincta by Geyer (1954); it was recombined as Fungiastraea multicincta by Beauvais (1964); it was synonymized subjectively with Fungiastraea pseudoarachnoides by Beauvais (1988).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Thamnastraea pseudarachnoides Becker
1904Thamnastraea multicincta Koby
1954Synastrea multicincta Geyer
1954Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides Geyer
1964Fungiastraea multicincta Beauvais
1988Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusFungiastraeaAlloiteau 1952
speciespseudarachnoides(Becker 1875)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
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: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 174.70000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Thailand Fungiastraea pseudarachnoides (79538)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Bourgogne) Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides (93114)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides (67905 67906 67908)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides (68220)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides (68241)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides (23903 23904)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal Thamnasteria pseudarachnoides (68239)