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Antiguastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy

Antiguastrea was named by Vaughan (1919) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno T Mi-m]. Its type is Antiguastrea cellulosa.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Faviidae by López-Pérez (2005), Baron-Szabo (2006); and to Merulinidae by Kiessling (2021).

Species

A. alveolaris, A. cellulosa (type species), A. elegans, A. flandrini, A. jacobi, A. lucasiana (syn. Stylina suessi, Latimaeandra circumscripta, Heliastrea columnaris, Stylina fasciculata, Astrangia princeps, Solenastrea conferta, Isastrea affinis), A. prava

Species lacking formal opinion data

A. cellulosa, A. hufrahensis, A. saucatsensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1919	Antiguastrea Vaughan
2002	Antiguastrea Sepkoski
2005	Antiguastrea López-Pérez p. 82
2006	Antiguastrea Baron-Szabo p. 34
2021	Antiguastrea Kiessling

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
superfamily	Faviicae	Gregory 1900
family	Merulinidae	Verrill 1866
genus	Antiguastrea

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. †Antiguastrea Vaughan 1919

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†Antiguastrea alveolaris Catullo 1856

†Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863

†Antiguastrea elegans Reuss 1874

†Antiguastrea flandrini Morycowa 1988

†Antiguastrea jacobi Alloiteau 1948

†Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826

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Invalid names: Astrangia princeps Reuss 1868 [synonym], Heliastrea columnaris Reuss 1868 [synonym], Isastrea affinis Reuss 1868 [synonym], Latimaeandra circumscripta Reuss 1868 [synonym], Solenastrea conferta Reuss 1868 [synonym], Stylina fasciculata Reuss 1868 [synonym], Stylina suessi Reuss 1868 [synonym]

†Antiguastrea prava Budd et al. 1992

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesubo

Grouping:

colonialsubo

Clonal:

yessubo

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationarysubo

Attached:

yessubo

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

photosymbioticsubo

Diet 2:

suspension feedersubo

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-02-21 04:32:59

Modified:

2008-02-21 06:32:59

Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian to the top of the Serravallian or 152.21000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (136 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	152.21 - 149.2	Algeria	A. flandrini (85907)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Tajikistan	A. jacobi (86687)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Jamaica	A. cellulosa (27649)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Jamaica	A. cellulosa (27647 27650)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Mexico	A. cellulosa (38869 138913)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Jamaica	A. cellulosa (27646)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Spain	Placocoeniopsis katzi (68902)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Spain	A. sp. (77000)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Italy	A. lucasiana (75454)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Spain	A. cvijici (34481)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Hungary	A. michelottiana (123836 123843 123904 123905) A. michelottiana, Isastrea elegans (123846) Isastrea elegans (123837)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Italy	A. lucasiana (13354) A. sp. (224871 224872)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Spain	Antiguastraea cvijici (145969)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Germany (Bavaria)	A. lucasiana (10703 10963)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Panama	A. cellulosa, A. prava (7274)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Romania	A. lucasiana (220526)
Priabonian - Rupelian	37.71 - 27.3	Greece	Antiguastraea sp. (166722)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Italy	A. lucasiana A (69968 69969 69970)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Italy (Vicenza)	A. sp. (69701)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Florida)	A. silicensis (80184)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Slovenia	A. sp. (122231 122234)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Mexico (Chiapas)	A. cellulosa (85745)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Jamaica	A. cellulosa, A. prava (69724)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Italy	A. lucasiana (70053)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Libya	A. parva, A. hufrahensis (10964)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Spain	A. lucasiana (92081)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Greece	A. lucasiana (85001)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Italy (Veneto)	A. lucasiana (91899) Heliastrea columnaris (91654) Heliastrea lucasana (91652 91653 91655) Heliastrea lucasana, Astrangia princeps (91657) Heliastrea lucasana, Solenastrea conferta (91646 91651) Isastrea affinis (91647) Solenastrea conferta, Astrangia princeps, Latimaeandra circumscripta, Stylina suessi, Heliastrea lucasana (91634) Stylina suessi, Heliastrea lucasana, Stylina fasciculata (91645)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	Haiti	A. cellulosa (61191)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	Italy	A. alveolaris (86953) A. lucasiana A (69939 69943 69945 69947 69948 69950 69952 69965 69966 69967) A. lucasiana A, A. lucasiana B, A. lucasiana C (69940) A. lucasiana A, A. lucasiana C, A. lucasiana E, A. lucasiana H (69941) A. lucasiana A, A. lucasiana C, A. lucasiana H (69949) A. lucasiana A, A. lucasiana D, A. lucasiana G (69944) A. lucasiana A, A. lucasiana G (69942)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	Dominican Republic	A. cellulosa (124758)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	Cuba	A. cellulosa (71129)
Rupelian - Chattian	33.9 - 23.04	Italy	A. lucasiana (155215)
Rupelian - Chattian	33.9 - 23.04	Türkiye (Denizli)	A. alveolaris (85566)
Chattian - Rupelian	27.3 - 27.3	Greece	Antiguastraea sp. (166723 166724)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Italy	A. lucasiana (27540 27541 27543 27544 27545 27546 36243 36251 69702 235291 235305 235307) A. sp. (36245 211276 211277)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Mexico (Chiapas)	A. cellulosa (31271) A. sp. (31270)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Georgia)	A. cellulosa (71115)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Greece	A. lucasiana (79641)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	France	Antiguastraea alveolaris (163836) A. alveolaris (22968 70067)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Texas)	A. cellulosa (69932)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua)	A. cellulosa (34504 203881 203918 203919 203920)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Saudi Arabia	A. sp. (34408)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Antigua and Barbuda	A. cellulosa (203875 203876 203879)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Libya	A. saucatsensis (34498)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Malta	A. alveolaris (239779)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Iran	A. sp. (41076)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Venezuela	A. sp. (146393)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Venezuela	A. cellulosa (87067 87096)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Mexico (Tamaulipas)	A. cellulosa (124678 124699)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Costa Rica	A. celluosa (77791)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Somalia	A. sp. (123807)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Mexico (Chiapas)	A. cellulosa (85756)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Libya	Antiguastraea maradahensis (42132)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Jamaica	A. cellulosa (69725)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Puerto Rico	A. sp. (45402 45403 45404)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Dominican Republic	A. cellulosa (124747)
Chattian - Aquitanian	27.3 - 20.45	USA (Florida)	A. cellulosa (92509)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	France	Antiguastraea alveolaris (163837)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	Colombia	A. cellulosa (201398 201399)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian	23.04 - 15.98	Colombia	A. cellulosa (201392 201393 201396)
Aquitanian - Serravallian	23.04 - 11.63	Libya	A. saucatsensis (34499)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	France	Antiguastraea alveolaris (163838)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	France	A. sp. (70312) A. sp., A. alveolaris (70313)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene	15.98 - 5.333	Australia (Queensland)	A. alveolaris (71260)
Serravallian - Langhian	13.82 - 13.82	France	Antiguastraea alveolaris, Antiguastraea sp. (163845)