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Stephanastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Stephanastrea was named by Etallon and Thurmann (1864) [Sometimes spelled Stephanastraea].

It was assigned to Actinastraeidae by Roniewicz (1976), Morsch (1996); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Actinastreidae by Lathuilière et al. (2023).

Species
S. jurassica, S. montuosa, S. ramulifera, S. simonneliana, S. zangbeiensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. simonelliana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Stephanastrea Etallon and Thurmann
1976Stephanastrea Roniewicz
1996Stephanastrea Morsch p. 675
2002Stephanasrea Sepkoski
2023Stephanastrea Lathuilière et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusStephanastrea

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.

G. †Stephanastrea Etallon and Thurmann 1864
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†Stephanastrea jurassica Roniewicz 1976
†Stephanastrea montuosa Beauvais 1966
†Stephanastrea ramulifera Etallon and Thurmann 1864
†Stephanastrea simonneliana d'Orbigny 1850
†Stephanastrea zangbeiensis Liao and Xia 1985
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
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 09:44:35
Modified: 2008-01-26 11:44:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 201.40000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Afghanistan S. sp. (214313)
Hettangian - Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Tajikistan S. sp. (151314)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Iran S. simonneliana (73968)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France S. simonelliana (66949) S. simonneliana (38588 38590)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Franche Comté) S. simonneliana (38579)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Lorraine) S. simonneliana (38560)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Argentina Actinastrea ramulifera (25416)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Mâconnais) S. simonneliana (38582 38583 38584 38585 38587)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France (Bourgogne) S. simonneliana (38571)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Switzerland S. montuosa (86614)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2France S. sp. (34712 34714)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Slovakia (Trenčín) S. simonneliana (234458 234459 234460 234461)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Chile Actinastrea ramulifera (58742 58743)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France S. sp. (11084 11085)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Actinastrea ramulifera (31433)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Actinastrea ramulifera (31435)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Argentina S. sp. (184598)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Ethiopia Stephanocoenia ramulifera (93538)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Romania S. jurassica (35198)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Uzbekistan S. jurassica (91788 91827)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21China (Xizang) Actinastrea ramulifera, S. zangbeiensis (80571)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Actinastrea ramulifera (68588)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Actinastrea ramulifera (34662 34663 67904 67905 67906 67908 67935)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania S. jurassica (35200 35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Actinastrea ramulifera, S. jurassica (34611 34612) S. jurassica (34624)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Actinastrea ramulifera (68607 68608)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Actinastrea ramulifera (68220)
Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian154.8 - 145.06Spain Actinastrea ramulifera (34610)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany S. sp. (211294)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Actinastrea ramulifera (34665)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Actinastrea ramulifera (34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Portugal Actinastrea ramulifera (7888)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal Actinastrea ramulifera (68239)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Actinastrea ramulifera (36533)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) S. simonneliana (83393)