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Montastrea costata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Astrea costata was named by Duncan (1863). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Orbicella costata by Coryell and Ohlsen (1920); it was recombined as Montastrea costata by Weisbord (1971).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Astrea costata Duncan
1920Orbicella costata Coryell and Ohlsen
1971Montastrea costata Weisbord

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciescostata(Duncan 1863)

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 costata Duncan 1863
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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: base of the Chattian to the top of the Burdigalian or 27.30000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico Orbicella costata (124635)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Montastrea costata (34504) Orbicella costata (34505)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Montastrea costata (93237 93242) Orbicella costata (42625)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Colombia Montastrea costata (73795)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Montastrea costata (123564)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Anguilla Orbicella costata (124703 124706 179133 179134)