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Blastomussa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plerogyridae

Taxonomy
Blastomussa was named by Wells (1961) [m. kosnik taxon no: 11149]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Mussidae by Veron (2000); and to Plerogyridae by Kiessling (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Blastomussa Wells
1985Parasimplastrea Sheppard
2000Blastomussa Veron p. 4
2000Parasimplastrea Veron p. 239
2021Blastomussa Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyPlerogyridaeRowlett 2020
genusBlastomussaWells 1961

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. Blastomussa Wells 1961
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Blastomussa simplicitexta Umbgrove 1942
Invalid names: Parasimplastrea Sheppard 1985 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Goniastrea simplicitexta (45342)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pleistocene11.63 - 0.0117Indonesia (Sumba) Goniastrea simplicitexta (62857)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Goniastrea simplicitexta (45343 45344)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia B. sp. (108778)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Sulawesi Tenggara) Goniastrea simplicitexta (109175)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea Parasimplastrea simplicitexta (42736)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Goniastrea simplicitexta (45339)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Parasimplastrea simplicitexta (124880)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt B. merleti (120206)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt B. merleti (87876)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan B. sp. (192911 192912)