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Coelastrea tenuis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Coelastrea tenuis was named by Verrill (1866). It is extant. It is the type species of Coelastrea.

It was recombined as Goniastrea tenuis by Boekschoten et al. (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Coelastrea tenuis Verrill
1989Goniastrea tenuis Boekschoten et al.
2014Coelastrea tenuis Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCoelastreaVerrill 1866
speciestenuisVerrill 1866

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.

Coelastrea tenuis Verrill 1866
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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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Goniastrea tenuis (108772 108777)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Coelastrea tenuis (109668)