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Diploastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Thegioastraea Michelotti
1914Diploastrea Matthai
1961Thegioastraea Chevalier
1998Thegioastraea Perrin et al.
2000Diploastrea Veron p. 230
2002Diploastrea Sepkoski
2005Diploastrea López-Pérez p. 83
2005Thegioastraea Tsaparas and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni
2014Diploastrea Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyDiploastraeidaeChevalier and Beauvais 1987
genusDiploastreaMatthai 1914

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. Diploastrea Matthai 1914
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†Diploastraea crassicostata Morycowa and Masse 1998
†Diploastrea aequalis Budd et al. 1992
†Diploastrea alternicosta Chevalier 1961
†Diploastrea applanata Gerth 1925
†Diploastrea bacata Budd et al. 1992
†Diploastrea burdigalensis Chevalier 1961
†Diploastrea coronata Schuster 2002
†Diploastrea costata Schuster 2002
†Diploastrea crassicostata Michelotti 1871
†Diploastrea diversiformis Michelin 1842
Diploastrea heliopora Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Acanthastrea patula Dana 1846 [synonym], Orbicella minikoiensis Gardiner 1904 [synonym]
†Diploastrea hilli Wells 1933
†Diploastrea incerta Osasco 1897
†Diploastrea italica Chevalier 1961
†Diploastrea magnifica Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Diploastrea crassolamellata magnifica Vaughan 1919 [synonym]
†Diploastrea miocenica Michelotti 1871
†Diploastrea multisepta Sismonda 1871
†Diploastrea reussii Osberger 1955
†Diploastrea roasendai Michelotti 1871
†Diploastrea rosacea Zuffardi-Comerci 1932
†Diploastrea speciosa Sismonda 1871
†Diploastrea superficialis Sismonda 1871
†Diploastrea taurinensis d'Achiardi 1868
†Diploastrea variabilis Sismonda 1871
†Diploastrea vaughani Wells 1933
Invalid names: Thegioastraea Michelotti 1871 [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 Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 121.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 119.57 Ma

Collections (137 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Diploastraea crassicostata (64082)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Tanzania Diploastraea sp. 2 (85352)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3USA (Texas) D. hilli (123358 123359) D. vaughani (123308)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9Sint Maarten D. crassolamellata (240914)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Jamaica D. sp. A (69727)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama D. crassolamellata (42488)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Indonesia (Sulawesi) D. agglomerata (26857)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Panama D. aequalis, D. bacata (7274)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jamaica D. sp. A, D. crassolamellata (69724)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Chiapas) D. crassolamellata (85745)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Iran D. sp. (111335)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Libya Thegioastraea variabilis, Thegioastraea taurinensis (10964)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Panama D. crassolamellata (124627)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Cuba D. crassolamellata (71129)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Italy D. sp. (211277) Thegioastraea sp. (25370 25375)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Georgia) D. crassolamellata (71115)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Venezuela D. sp. (146393)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Thegioastraea planuleta, D. heliopora, Thegioastraea roasendai, Thegioastraea multisepta (163836)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda D. crassolamellata (203877) D. magnifica (203875) D. nugenti, D. crassolamellata, D. magnifica (203876) D. sp. T, D. crassolamellata, D. magnifica (203879)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) D. crassolamellata (34504 124537 124705 203920) D. crassolamellata, D. crassolamellata (34505) D. nugenti, D. sp. T, D. crassolamellata (203881) D. sp. T, D. crassolamellata, D. magnifica (203918 203919)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Mexico (Chiapas) D. crassolamellata (31271) D. sp. (31270)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Iran D. coronata, D. costata (41076)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico D. sp. (45402 45403 45404)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Venezuela D. crassolamellata, D. magnifica (87096) D. sp., D. crassolamellata (87067)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Somalia D. crassolamellata (123805)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mexico (Chiapas) D. crassolamellata (85756)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Cuba (Oriente) D. crassolamellata (124701)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Jamaica D. sp. A, D. crassolamellata (69725)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45Indonesia (West Java) D. reussii (123122)
Chattian - Burdigalian27.3 - 15.98Somalia D. haimei (71068)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Colombia D. crassolamellata, D. magnifica (201398 201400)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) Thegioastraea sp. (90457)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Thegioastraea diversiformis (70244) Thegioastraea miocenica (70311) Thegioastraea multisepta (70232) Thegioastraea sp., Thegioastraea diversiformis (70315) Thegioastraea superficialis, Thegioastraea miocenica, Thegioastraea multisepta, Thegioastraea diversiformis (163837)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Spain Thegioastraea aequa (69927) Thegioastraea miocenica, Thegioastraea diversiformis, Thegioastraea burdigalensis (69928)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98France Thegioastraea miocenica, Thegioastraea diversiformis (70222)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Colombia D. magnifica (201395)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia D. applanata (109176) D. heliopora (86769)
Aquitanian - Serravallian23.04 - 11.63Libya Thegioastraea variabilis, Thegioastraea taurinensis (34499)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia (Sumba) D. applanata (62851)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Colombia D. crassolamellata (73792)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Thegioastraea planulata, Thegioastraea sp., Thegioastraea roasendai, Thegioastraea variabilis, Thegioastraea superficialis, Thegioastraea rosacea, Thegioastraea crassicostata, Thegioastraea miocenica, Thegioastraea speciosa, Thegioastraea aequalicostata, Thegioastraea taurinensis, Thegioastraea italica, Thegioastraea incerta, Thegioastraea multisepta, Thegioastraea diversiformis, Thegioastraea burdigalensis (70450)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Fiji D. heliopora (124829)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt D. sp., D. heliopora (79599)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Thegioastraea alternaticosta, Thegioastraea roasendai, Thegioastraea variabilis, Thegioastraea rosacea, Thegioastraea miocenica, Thegioastraea aequalicostata, Thegioastraea taurinensis, Thegioastraea multisepta, Thegioastraea diversiformis, Thegioastraea burdigalensis (163838) Thegioastraea roasendai, Thegioastraea variabilis, Thegioastraea alternicosta, Thegioastraea taurinensis, Thegioastraea diversiformis, Thegioastraea burdigalensis (70191) Thegioastraea sp. (151413) Thegioastraea sp., Thegioastraea corsica, Thegioastraea indet., Thegioastraea speciosa, Thegioastraea diversiformis, Thegioastraea burdigalensis (151415)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Aquitaine) Thegioastraea rosacea, Thegioastraea miocenica, Thegioastraea multisepta, Thegioastraea diversiformis (70203)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran D. sp. (41077)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Spain Thegioastraea sp. (69779)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) D. heliopora (124821 124824)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Thegioastraea miocenica (70312)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Egypt Thegioastraea multisepta (50925) Thegioastraea sp. (50924 50927 50928)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63France Thegioastraea roasendai, Thegioastraea incerta (70318) Thegioastraea speciosa (70317)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Saudi Arabia Thegioastraea sp., Thegioastraea roasendai (197909)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) D. heliopora (124827)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Malta D. sp. (69896)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Spain Thegioastraea sp. (34734)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Thegioastraea roasendai (60744 60773 60774) Thegioastraea sp. (60745)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Indonesia D. sp. (164753)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) D. heliopora (45341)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Indonesia D. heliopora (109445 109488)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji D. heliopora (124833)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) D. heliopora (45343 45344)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia D. heliopora (108772 108774) Orbicella minikoiensis (109671)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia (Maluku) D. heliopora (127837 127844 127845)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia (Java) D. heliopora (34722 62862)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea D. heliopora (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Maluku) D. heliopora (127842)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Aceh) D. heliopora (63119)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia D. heliopora (45335 45340)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Philippines (Mindanao) D. heliopora (45347)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia (South Sulawesi) D. heliopora (124880)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia D. heliopora (104657)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia D. heliopora (240919)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117New Caledonia D. heliopora (90066)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) D. heliopora (62784)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) D. heliopora (41605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya D. heliopora (44911)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Tamil Nadu) D. sp. (107989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea D. heliopora (34477 103255 103257 103258 103260 103261 103265 103269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia D. heliopora (104744)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Orbicella minikoiensis (93827)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Vanuatu D. heliopora (97442)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) D. heliopora (97319)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam D. heliopora (97445)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands D. sp. (97459)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Madagascar D. heliopora (96925)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan D. heliopora (96956)