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Astraeofungia schmidti

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea schmidti was named by Koby (1898).

It was recombined as Astraeofungia schmidti by Löser et al. (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by T. Tanya (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2026-04-08; modified by T. Tanya on 2026-04-08

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Thamnastraea schmidti Koby
2023Astraeofungia schmidti Löser et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusAstraeofungiaAlloiteau 1952
speciesschmidti(Koby 1898)

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 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Middle Cenomanian or 121.40000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Switzerland Thamnastraea schmidti (76998)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain Astraeofungia schmidti (23537)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Astraeofungia tenochi (160830)