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Isastrea parva

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Isastrea parva was named by Étallon (1859). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Isastraea parva by Smith (1927); it was synonymized subjectively with Crassistella juvavica by Caruthers and Stanley (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Isastrea parva Étallon p. 505
1861Isastraea parva de Fromentel p. 228
1927Isastraea parva Smith

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeFelix 1900
genusIsastrea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
speciesparva

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.

Isastrea parva Étallon 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008
Collections
No collection or age range data are available