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Astraeofungia decipiens

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrea decipiens was named by Michelin (1845).

It was recombined as Synastrea decipiens by Fromentel (1886) and Baron-Szabo and González-León (1999); it was recombined as Thamnasteria decipiens by Reyeros-Navarro (1963); it was recombined as Astraeofungia decipiens by Alloiteau (1957) and Baron-Szabo (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. oppenheimi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Astrea decipiens Michelin
1886Synastrea decipiens Fromentel
1957Astraeofungia decipiens Alloiteau
1963Thamnasteria decipiens Reyeros-Navarro
1999Synastrea decipiens Baron-Szabo and González-León
2018Astraeofungia decipiens Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusAstraeofungiaAlloiteau 1952
speciesdecipiens(Michelin 1845)

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.

†Astraeofungia decipiens Michelin 1845
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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: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 145.00000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Austria Astraeofungia decipiens (192209 192222)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Mexico Synastrea decipiens (21253)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico Thamnasteria decipiens (69900)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Mexico Astraeofungia decipiens (234722)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Astraeofungia decipiens (87797)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Astraeofungia decipiens (35143)