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Astraraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Taxonomy
Astraraea was named by Felix (1900) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sant , K Camp Sepkoski's reference number: 818]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Astraraeidae by Morsch (1996); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Astraraea Felix
1935Trechmannaria Wells
1956Trechmannaria Wells
1957Valliseris Alloiteau
1996Astraraea Morsch p. 702
2002Astraraea Sepkoski
2002Trechmannaria Sepkoski
2002Valliseris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyHaplaraeidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusAstraraeaFelix 1900

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. †Astraraea Felix 1900
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†Astraraea charcennensis de Fromentel 1861
†Astraraea fungiformis Beauvais 1979
†Astraraea globosa Koby 1906
†Astraraea media Sowerby 1832
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Invalid names: Astraraea senessei Alloiteau 1939 [synonym]
†Astraraea multiradiata Reuss 1854
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Invalid names: Trechmannaria montanaroae Wells 1935 [synonym]
†Astraraea roberti Eliasova 1991
†Astraraea rotula Koby 1887
Invalid names: Trechmannaria Wells 1935 [synonym]
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: 2008-02-10 09:04:12
Modified: 2008-02-10 11:04:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 170.90000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Argentina A. fungiformis (25417)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia A. amorpha (48307 48405 48447)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Centre) A. globosa (85965)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Lorraine) A. araneola (93188)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland A. rotula (85959)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Bourgogne) A. charcennensis (93190)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) A. charcennensis (93102) A. sp. (87801)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Indonesia A. huzimotoi (68463)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8United Kingdom A. fungiformis (35300)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Microsolena rotula (90017)
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Iran (Semirom) A. rosi (233113)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria A. media (74895)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2Croatia A. media (11410)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Serbia A. media (79226)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Slovakia A. roberti (87545)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain A. senessei (67084)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Jamaica (Portland) Trechmannaria montanaroae (88527)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman A. multiradiata (206408)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica A. media (27646)