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Caulastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Caulastraea was named by Dana (1846) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

It was corrected as Caulastrea by Veron (2000), Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Faviidae by Wells (1956), Veron (2000); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).

Synonyms
  • Dasyphyllia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Caulastrea by Wells (1956).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Caulastraea Dana
1848Dasyphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Caulastraea Wells
2000Caulastrea Veron p. 91
2002Caulastrea Sepkoski
2014Caulastraea Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCaulastrea(Dana 1846)

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. Caulastrea Dana 1846
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†Caulastraea geoffreyi Bromfield 2013
†Caulastraea tournoueri Matheron 1961
†Caulastrea brevicaulis Felix 1915
Caulastrea connata Ortmann 1892
†Caulastrea deformis Reuss 1868
†Caulastrea farsis Schuster 2002
†Caulastrea fusinieri Catullo 1847
†Caulastrea leptoclada Felix 1921
†Caulastrea matheroni Chevalier 1961
†Caulastrea portoricensis Coryell 1929
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Invalid names: Calamophyllia fasciculata Reuss 1864 [synonym]
†Caulastrea tumida Matthai 1928
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Invalid names: Caulastrea yokoyamai Yabe and Sugiyama 1931 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dasyphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [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 Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 59.24000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (162 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Egypt C. sp. (69637)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Caulastraea brevis (227866)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy (Veneto) C. sp. (180311)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Caulastraea brevis, Caulastraea granulosa, Caulastraea medunensis, Caulastraea sp., C. fusinieri (75454)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Slovenia Calamophyllia pseudoflabellum (71666)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Spain (Cataluna) C. sp. (76987)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Italy Calamophyllia pseudoflabellum (146598)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Libya (Darnah) C. sp. (240942)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Pakistan (Sind) Calamophyllia indica (11290)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Jamaica Caulastraea sp. (69727)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Hungary Calamophyllia pseudoflabellum (123843)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Indonesia Dasyphyllia gemmans (71057)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Pakistan C. gemmans (11291)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Indonesia (Sulawesi) C. indica (26857)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain C. sp. (152582)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) C. pseudoflabellum (10703)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy C. fusinieri (13354) C. sp. (224872)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3Greece Caulastraea sp. (166722)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Italy (Vicenza) C. sp. (69701)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jamaica C. portoricensis (69724)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Slovenia C. sp. (122231 122232 122233 122234)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy (Veneto) Calamophyllia fasciculata, Dasyphyllia deformis (91634) C. pseudoflabellum, C. fusinieri (91899)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Greece C. sp., C. pseudoflabellum (79603)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy C. pseudoflabellum, C. fusinieri (70053)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Iran C. sp. (111335)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Italy C. pseudoflabellum (69941 69950)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) C. portoricensis (34503)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Iran C. pseudoflabellum (241378)
Chattian - Rupelian27.3 - 27.3Greece Caulastraea sp. (166723 166724)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Caulastraea sp., Caulastraea tournoueri (163836) Caulastraea tournoueri (70067)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda Caulastraea portoricensis (203876 203879)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Iran C. farsis (41076)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Saudi Arabia C. sp. (34409)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Italy Caulastraea pseudoflabellum (235291 235305 235307) Caulastraea sp. (211274 211275 211276 211277) C. fusinieri (27541 27543 27544 27546) C. pseudoflabellum (69702 235306) C. sp. (25371 25374)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Caulastraea portoricensis (203920)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Jamaica C. sp. A, C. portoricensis (69725)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico C. sp. (45402 45403)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Caulastraea matheroni (163837) Caulastraea tournoueri (161396) C. matheroni (70241) C. sp., C. matheroni (70315)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98France C. matheroni (70222)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia C. sp. (86769)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran C. retiformis (25257) C. sp. (25258 41077 79649)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Fiji C. n. sp. A, Caulastraea cummingae (124828)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Caulastraea matheroni (163838)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Pakistan (Sind) C. sp. (11292)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Aquitaine) C. matheroni (70203)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago C. portoricensis (27585 27588 27591 27592 27595)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Türkiye C. sp. (166093 166203)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria (Burgenland) C. sp. (37418)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Egypt C. sp. (34873 50903 50926)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Türkiye C. sp. (62464)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia C. leptoclada (109008)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6USA (Puerto Rico) C. portoricensis (71245)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama C. portoricensis (120358 120360 120361 120390 120392 120394)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia (South Sulawesi) C. n. sp. A (124781) C. n. sp. B, C. tumida, Caulastraea geoffreyi (124782)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic C. portoricensis (84977)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Curaçao C. portoricensis (41032)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic C. portoricensis (41070 41071)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Caulastraea portoricensis (71384 71386 71387 71394 71398 71409 71410) C. portoricensis (71396 71397)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica C. portoricensis (34540)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Dasyphyllia brevicaulis (109650)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Dominican Republic C. portoricensis (93739)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica C. portoricensis (34543)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Caulastraea sp. (62802)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Bahamas Caulastraea portoricensis (73648 73649 73651 73659 73661)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Curaçao C. portoricensis (41046 41050 41051)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica Caulastraea portoricensis (71411 71412 71413 71414 71417 71419 71420 71421)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Curaçao C. portoricensis (41054 41057)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Caulastraea portoricensis (73629 73631) C. portoricensis (120200 120202 120214 120217 120272 120278 120280 120285 120355)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Caulastraea portoricensis (71422 71724 71772 71773 73618 73619 73620 73624)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Jamaica C. portoricensis (34542)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia C. sp. (198539)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan C. connata (101414)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan C. yokoyamai (63137)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) C. furcata (41605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan C. furcata, C. tumida (88595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan C. sp. (192911 192912)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) C. furcata (184506)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) C. tumida (97528)