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Plesiastrea moravica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae

Taxonomy
Orbicella moravica was named by Trauth (1911).

It was recombined as Plesiastraeopsis moravica by Eliasova (1989); it was recombined as Plesiastrea moravica by Baron-Szabo (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Orbicella moravica Trauth
1963Stylina vaughani Reyeros-Navarro
1989Plesiastraeopsis moravica Eliasova
2009Plesiastrea moravica Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyPlesiastreidaeDai and Hong 2009
genusPlesiastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesmoravica(Trauth 1911)

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.

Plesiastrea moravica Trauth 1911
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Invalid names: Stylina vaughani Reyeros-Navarro 1963 [synonym]
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 Aptian to the top of the Santonian or 121.40000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Mexico Stylina vaughani (69900)
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Czechia Plesiastraeopsis moravica (67562)