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Montastrea lauensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Orbicella lauensis was named by Hoffmeister (1945).

It was recombined as Heliastrea lauensis by Chevalier (1968); it was recombined as Montastrea lauensis by Cairns (1991).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Orbicella lauensis Hoffmeister
1968Heliastrea lauensis Chevalier
1991Montastrea lauensis Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
specieslauensis(Hoffmeister 1945)

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.

Montastrea lauensis Hoffmeister 1945
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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: Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117New Caledonia Heliastrea lauensis (90066)