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Montastraea faveolata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Montastraea faveolata was named by Ellis and Solander (1786). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Montastraea faveolata Ellis and Solander

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastraeaBlainville 1830
speciesfaveolataEllis and Solander 1786

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.

Montastraea faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786
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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 Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (49 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Montastraea faveolata (71390 71398)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Bahamas Montastraea faveolata (73659 73661 73662)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica Montastraea faveolata (71414 71415 71418 71420)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Bahamas Montastraea faveolata (73663)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Montastraea faveolata (71422 71721 71729 71732 71735 71739 71743 71744 71745 71747 71751 71752 71755 71756 71757 71758 71777 71778 73617 73618 73619 73620 73622 73623 73625 73626)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bahamas Montastraea faveolata (73655 73666 73667 73669 73670)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Montastraea faveolata (73627 73628 73630 73633)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan Montastraea faveolata (101414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) Montastraea faveolata (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Curaçao Montastraea faveolata (80903)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Montastraea faveolata (97623)