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Siderastrea italica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrea italica was named by Defrance (1826). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Siderastrea italica by Edwards and Haime (1850).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Astrea italica Defrance
1850Siderastrea italica Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderastreaBlainville 1830
speciesitalica(Defrance 1826)

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.

Siderastrea italica Defrance 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Serravallian or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98France Siderastrea italica (70222)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Poland Siderastrea italica (38818)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Türkiye Siderastrea italica (124456 124505)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Ukraine Siderastrea italica (70569)