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Thamnastraea (Synastraea)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy

Thamnastraea (Synastraea) was named by de Fromentel (1861).

It was assigned to Thamnastraea by de Fromentel (1861).

Subtaxa

Thamnastraea (Synastraea) bouri, Thamnastraea (Synastraea) dumonti, Thamnastraea (Synastraea) jurensis, Thamnastraea (Synastraea) lyelli, Thamnastraea (Synastraea) magnifica, Thamnastraea (Synastraea) neptuni, Thamnastraea (Synastraea) pulchella, Thamnastraea (Synastraea) stellata

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synastraea granifera, Thamnastraea duparci, Thamnastraea dupasquieri, Thamnastraea eocaenica, Thamnastraea favrei, Thamnastraea granulata, Thamnastraea ramosa, Thamnastraea schmidti, Thamnastraea seranica

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1861	Thamnastraea (Synastraea) de Fromentel p. 218

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
subgenus	Thamnastraea (Synastraea)
subgenus	Synastraea

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.

Subg. †Thamnastraea (Synastraea) de Fromentel 1861

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†Thamnastraea (Synastraea) bouri de Fromentel 1856

†Thamnastraea (Synastraea) dumonti Chapuis and Dewalque 1853

†Thamnastraea (Synastraea) jurensis d'Orbigny 1850

†Thamnastraea (Synastraea) lyelli Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851

†Thamnastraea (Synastraea) magnifica de Fromentel 1861

†Thamnastraea (Synastraea) neptuni d'Orbigny 1850

†Thamnastraea (Synastraea) pulchella d'Orbigny 1850

†Thamnastraea (Synastraea) stellata de Fromentel 1861

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 Early/Lower Bathonian to the top of the Callovian or 168.20000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	United Kingdom (England)	Thamnasteria lyelli (42327)
Early/Lower Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	United Kingdom (England)	Thamnasteria lyelli (77250)
Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	United Kingdom (England)	Thamnasteria lyelli (38159)
Late/Upper Bathonian	168.2 - 165.3	United Kingdom	Thamnasteria lyelli (37507)
Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Georgia	Thamnasteria lyelli (85937)