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Silingastraea shimoheiensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Thigmastrea shimoheiensis was named by Eguchi (1951). Its type locality is Todana, Taro-mura, which is in an Aptian perireef or subreef sandstone in the Hiraiga Sandstone Formation of Japan.

It was recombined as Diplocoeniella shimoheiensis by Baron-Szabo (2009); it was recombined as Silingastraea shimoheiensis by Löser et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Thigmastrea shimoheiensis Eguchi
2009Diplocoeniella shimoheiensis Baron-Szabo
2018Silingastraea shimoheiensis Löser et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusSilingastraea
speciesshimoheiensis()

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.

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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 02:50:36
Modified: 2008-01-28 04:50:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 122.46000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan (Iwate) Thigmastrea shimoheiensis (type locality: 91326)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Greece Silingastraea shimoheiensis (203930)