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Diploastrea diversiformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae

Taxonomy
Astrea diversiformis was named by Michelin (1842).

It was recombined as Thegioastraea diversiformis by Chevalier (1961); it was recombined as Diploastrea diversiformis by Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Astrea diversiformis Michelin
1961Thegioastraea diversiformis Chevalier
2014Diploastrea diversiformis Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyDiploastraeidaeChevalier and Beauvais 1987
genusDiploastreaMatthai 1914
speciesdiversiformis(Michelin 1842)

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.

Diploastrea diversiformis Michelin 1842
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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 Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Thegioastraea diversiformis (70244 70315 163837)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Spain Thegioastraea diversiformis (69928)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98France Thegioastraea diversiformis (70222)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Thegioastraea diversiformis (70450)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Thegioastraea diversiformis (70191 151415 163838)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Aquitaine) Thegioastraea diversiformis (70203)