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Astrea curta
Taxonomy
Astrea curta was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.
It was recombined as Orbicella curta by Vaughan (1918); it was recombined as Montastrea curta by Wells (1956); it was recombined as Heliastrea curta by Chevalier (1968); it was recombined as Plesiastrea curta by Wells (1982).
It was recombined as Orbicella curta by Vaughan (1918); it was recombined as Montastrea curta by Wells (1956); it was recombined as Heliastrea curta by Chevalier (1968); it was recombined as Plesiastrea curta by Wells (1982).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1846 | Astrea curta Dana |
| 1849 | Astrea quadrangularis Milne-Edwards and Haime |
| 1900 | Orbicella quadrangularis Gregory |
| 1918 | Orbicella curta Vaughan |
| 1956 | Montastrea curta Wells |
| 1968 | Heliastrea curta Chevalier |
| 1982 | Plesiastrea curta Wells |
| 2014 | Astrea curta Huang et al. |
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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.
Astrea curta Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Orbicella quadrangularis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (53 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian | France | Montastrea curta (163837) | |
| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | USA Minor Outlying Islands | Plesiastrea curta (22976) | |
| Burdigalian | Fiji | Montastrea curta (124829) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | Orbicella curta (108813) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia | Montastrea curta (108772 108774 108775) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Indonesia (Paupa) | Montastrea curta (62798) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Japan | Montastrea curta (34877 34879) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Taiwan | Orbicella curta (63140) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) | Montastrea curta (85086 85088 85089 85090 85092 85098 85100) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Indonesia (South Sulawesi) | Montastrea curta (124789 124790) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Japan | Montastrea curta (87998) | |
| Pleistocene | New Caledonia | Heliastrea curta (90065) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Japan (Okinawa) | Orbicella curta (63135) | |
| Calabrian | New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) | Montastrea curta (85087) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Pitcairn | Montastrea curta (85104 85106) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Vanuatu | Plesiastrea curta (89164 89165) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Papua New Guinea | Plesiastrea curta (127129) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Egypt | Montastrea curta (120205) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Vanuatu | Montastrea curta (97441) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | New Caledonia | Heliastrea curta (90044 90051 90052) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | Montastrea curta (80803) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | French Polynesia | Montastrea curta (104933 104934) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Okinawa) | Montastrea curta (62788) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Papua New Guinea | Montastrea curta (103251 103253 103255 103256 103261 103265) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan | Montastrea curta (88595) | |
| Holocene | Egypt (Red Sea) | Astrea curta (234289) | |
| Holocene | Japan | Montastrea curta (96956 97293 97294 165206 165209) | |
| Holocene | Guam | Montastrea curta (97444 97445) |