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Tricassastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy

Tricassastraea was named by Alloiteau and Dercourt (1966) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Isastreidae by Baron-Szabo (2002); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Actinastreidae by Baron-Szabo (2021).

Species

T. parnassensis

Synonyms

Actinastraeopsis was named by Sikharulidze (1977) [Sepkoski's age data: K l Sepkoski's reference number: 658,ZR84]. It is not extant.

It was misspelled as Actinastaeopsis by Sepkoski (2002); it was synonymized subjectively with Tricassastraea by Baron-Szabo (2002).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1966	Tricassastraea Alloiteau and Dercourt
1977	Actinastraeopsis Sikharulidze
2002	Tricassastraea Baron-Szabo
2002	Actinastaeopsis Sepkoski
2002	Tricassastraea Sepkoski
2021	Tricassastraea Baron-Szabo

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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
suborder	Astrocoeniina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
family	Actinastreidae	(Alloiteau 1952)
genus	Tricassastraea	Alloiteau and Dercourt 1966

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. †Tricassastraea Alloiteau and Dercourt 1966

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†Tricassastraea parnassensis Alloiteau 1966

Invalid names: Actinastraeopsis Sikharulidze 1977 [synonym]

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 Hauterivian to the top of the Middle Albian or 132.60000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian	132.6 - 125.77	Georgia	Actinastraeopsis phaceloides (89974)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 119.57	Spain	Actinastraeopsis catalaunica (132378)
Late/Upper Aptian	119.57 - 113.2	Spain	Actinastraeopsis catalaunica (132351)
Early/Lower Albian	113.2 - 110.1	France	Actinastraeopsis catalaunica, Actinastraeopsis sp. (277917)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	Greece	T. parnassensis (74811)
Middle Albian	110.1 - 106.3	Mexico	Actinastraeopsis phaceloides, Actinastraeopsis tuapensis (234722) Actinastraeopsis tuapensis, Actinastraeopsis birleyoe (234740)