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Centrastrea oculata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Astrea oculata was named by Goldfuss (1826). Its type specimen is BIOB-PB-Goldfuss-298, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Centrastrea oculata by d'Orbigny (1850).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Astrea oculata Goldfuss pp. p. 65 figs. pl. 22 fig. 2
1850Centrastrea oculata d'Orbigny p. 386

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusCentrastreaLeSauvage 1823
speciesoculata()

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.

Centrastrea oculata Goldfuss 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:03:33
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:03:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available