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Carolastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Carolastraeidae

Taxonomy
Carolastraea was named by Eliasova (1976) [Sepkoski's age data: J Call-m J Tith Sepkoski's reference number: 688]. Its type is Carolastraea fraji. It is the type genus of Carolastraeidae.

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

Species
C. fraji (type species), C. moravensis
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Carolastraea Eliasova p. 178
2002Carolastraea Baron-Szabo
2002Carolastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAmphiastraeinaAlloiteau 1952
familyCarolastraeidae
genusCarolastraea

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. †Carolastraea Eliasova 1976
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Carolastraea fraji Eliasova 1976
Carolastraea moravensis Eliasova 1978
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 20:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Middle Albian or 145.06000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia C. fraji, C. moravensis (36533)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece C. graeca (34719)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Mexico C. fraji (234740)