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Goniastrea australensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Prionastraea australensis was named by Milne Edwards and Haime (1857). It is extant.

It was recombined as Goniastrea australensis by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Goniastrea seychellensis Milne Edwards and Haime
1857Prionastraea australensis Milne Edwards and Haime
2005Goniastrea australensis Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusGoniastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesaustralensis(Milne Edwards and Haime 1857)

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.

Goniastrea australensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857
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Invalid names: Goniastrea seychellensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea Goniastrea australiensis (42736)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Goniastrea australensis (85085 85086 85088 85089 85090 85091 85092 85093 85094 85095 85098 85100 85103)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Goniastrea australensis (85087)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Goniastrea australensis (97666)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Goniastrea australensis (102975 103044 103048 103049 103050 103051 103052 103053 103054 103056 103057 103061 103069 103070 103073 103074 103076 103077 103078) Goniastrea australiensis (71261 88574 88575)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Goniastrea seychellensis (102228)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Malaysia (Terengganu Darul Iman) Goniastrea australensis (167463)