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Diploastrea miocenica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae

Taxonomy
Goniastrea miocenica was named by Michelotti (1871).

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Goniastrea miocenica Michelotti
1961Thegioastraea miocenica Chevalier
2014Diploastrea miocenica Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyDiploastraeidaeChevalier and Beauvais 1987
genusDiploastreaMatthai 1914
speciesmiocenica(Michelotti 1871)

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 miocenica Michelotti 1871
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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 Langhian or 23.04000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Spain Thegioastraea miocenica (69928)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Thegioastraea miocenica (70311 163837)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98France Thegioastraea miocenica (70222)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Thegioastraea miocenica (70450)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Thegioastraea miocenica (163838)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Aquitaine) Thegioastraea miocenica (70203)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Thegioastraea miocenica (70312)