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Dictyaraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Taxonomy
Dictyaraea was named by Reuss (1867) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l T Plio Sepkoski's reference number: 850].

It was assigned to Poritidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Dictyaraea Reuss
1956Dictyaraea Wells p. F394
2002Dictyaraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyPoritidae
genusDictyaraeaReuss 1867

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. †Dictyaraea Reuss 1867
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†Dictyaraea anomala Reuss 1866
†Dictyaraea gaasensis Chevalier 1956
†Dictyaraea garauxi Chevalier 1956
†Dictyaraea micrantha Reuss 1867
†Dictyaraea poritoides Chevalier 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 11:33:30
Modified: 2008-02-04 13:33:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 70.60000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) D. sp. (4161) Dictyarea indet. (4162 4163 4165)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy D. meneghiniana (227866)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy D. meneghiniana (75454)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy D. sp. (69970)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Aquitaine) D. garauxi, D. gaasensis, D. poritoides (92231)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Spain D. clinactinia (92080)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia D. sp. (70939)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia D. micrantha (81714 81721)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Marshall Islands D. micrantha (45366 45368 45375 45376)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Malaysia D. anomala, D. micrantha (45350)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran (Kerman) D. anomala (87117)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Indonesia D. sp. (164775)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (Auckland) Dictyarea sp. (85534)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) D. micrantha (124821 124822)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Malaysia (Borneo) D. anomala, D. micrantha (45349)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) D. micrantha (62861)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Indonesia D. sp. (164774)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Marshall Islands D. micrantha (43339)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) D. micrantha (42289)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia D. anomala, D. micrantha (108813 108814 109007) Goniaraea anomala (109008)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) D. anomala (45342)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia D. micrantha (109216)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) D. anomala (45343 45344)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia D. micrantha (108774) Goniaraea anomala (71079)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (East Kalimantan) D. micrantha (108805)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Goniaraea anomala (109670)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Dictyarea anomala (45339)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia D. anomala (42739)