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Montastraea franksi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Montastraea franksi was named by Gregory (1895). It is extant.

It was recombined as Orbicella franksi by Kiessling (2014), Huang et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. alpina, M. curta, M. forojuliensis, M. inaequalis, M. irradians, M. trinitatis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Montastraea franksi Gregory
2014Orbicella franksi Huang et al.
2014Orbicella franksi Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastraeaBlainville 1830
speciesfranksiGregory 1895

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 franksi Gregory 1895
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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 Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Montastraea franksi (71374 71384 71386 71392 71395)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica Montastraea franksi (71418)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Bahamas Montastraea franksi (73663)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Montastraea franksi (73627)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bahamas Montastraea franksi (73654 73655 73666 73670)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Montastraea franksi (71726 71735 71749 71750 71755 71756 71758 71773 71778 71779 73618 73621)