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Galaxea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae

Taxonomy
Galaxea was named by Oken (1815) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1110]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Galaxeinae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Euphylliidae by Budd et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Galaxea Oken
1849Acrhelia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1857Acrohelia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Acrhelia Wells p. F413
1956Galaxea Wells
2002Acrohelia Sepkoski
2002Galaxea Sepkoski
2012Galaxea Budd et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyEuphylliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusGalaxeaOken 1815

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. Galaxea Oken 1815
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Galaxea acrhelia Veron 2000
Galaxea astreata Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Galaxea clavus Dana 1846 [synonym], Galaxea lamarcki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 [synonym]
†Galaxea elegantissima Umbgrove 1946
†Galaxea excelsa Weisbord 1973
Galaxea fascicularis Linnaeus 1767
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Invalid names: Cladocora kabiraensis Eguchi 1975 [synonym]
†Galaxea fascicularis costulata Montanaro Gallitelli 1973
†Galaxea haligena Felix 1913
†Galaxea junghuhni Gerth 1921
†Galaxea kabairaensis Bromfield 2013
Galaxea paucisepta Claereboudt 1990
†Galaxea salayarensis Bromfield 2013
Invalid names: Acrhelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
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: 2008-02-07 01:52:50
Modified: 2008-02-07 03:52:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (182 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Marshall Islands Acrhelia sp. (45362)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jamaica G. excelsa (69724)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Iran G. sp. (41075)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) G. excelsa (92509)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia G. fascicularis (86769)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia G. haligena (108810) G. sp. (164722)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia (South Kalimantan) G. fascicularis, G. haligena (109042)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Malaysia (Borneo) Acrohelia sp. (45351)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Fiji G. elegantissima (124829)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran G. fascicularis, G. haligena (25257) G. sp. (25256 25258)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Indonesia G. sp. (164740)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Australia (Western Australia) G. sp. (34466)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Malaysia G. sp. (165770)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) G. n. sp. B, G. kabairaensis (124822) G. sp. B, G. kabairaensis (124821)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Fiji G. elegantissima, G. astreata (124834)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Indonesia G. sp. (164765)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Fiji G. astreata (124859)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia G. junghuhni (109007) G. sp. (109047)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA Minor Outlying Islands G. haligena (22977)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) G. clavus, G. sp. 1 (45341)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia (South Sulawesi) G. fascicularis (124782) G. fascicularis, G. acrhelia, G. paucisepta (124781)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji G. elegantissima, G. astreata, G. paucisepta (124833)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) G. clavus (45344) G. sp. 1, G. eleganntissima, G. fascicularis, G. clavus (45343)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (South Sulawesi) G. fascicularis (124783)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia G. sp. (108778)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malaysia G. astreata (216100) G. fascicularis, G. astreata (216166)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia G. astreata (108772) G. haligena (71079)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia (Maluku) G. clava (127836) G. lamarcki (127816)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea G. fascicularis, G. astreata (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Aceh) G. pauciradiata (63122)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia (South Sulawesi) G. n. sp. A, G. salayarensis (124784)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia G. clavus (45339)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan G. fascicularis, G. clavus (34878)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia (South Sulawesi) G. astreata (124790) G. astreata, G. acrhelia (124880) G. paucisepta (124787)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan G. sp. (87990) G. sp., G. astreata (87992) G. sp., G. fascicularis, G. astreata (87996)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Indonesia G. sp. (104656)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Japan Acrhelia horrescens (81575) G. fascicularis (87895 87898 87980) G. sp. (87983 87987 87988) G. sp., G. fascicularis, G. astreata (87985)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia G. astreata (104657)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan G. fascicularis (101414)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Taiwan G. fascicularis, G. clavus (63134)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) G. fascicularis (63135 63136)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774North Pacific G. sp. (221980)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt G. fascicularis (120129 176529)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan G. astreata (88055) G. sp. (88043) G. sp., G. astreata (88039)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Cladocora kabiraensis (62791) G. astreata (62771)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) G. sp. (80738)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt G. fascicularis (120203) G. sp. (120205)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117New Caledonia G. sp. (109502)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt G. fascicularis (120128 176437 176527 176530 176533 176534)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) G. astreata (109169) G. sp. (109173)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) G. clavus (41605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Somalia G. sp. (89242)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) G. sp. (109102 109172) G. sp., G. astreata (109174)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) G. fascicularis (109181 109182 109183 109184)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) G. fascicularis (109187 109189 109201 109217 109222 109224 109230 109232 109250 109449 109451)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti G. fascicularis (102228)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Kerala) G. astreata (107971)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia G. fascicularis (80958 80962 80963 107972 201414) G. fascicularis, G. astreata (80955) G. fasicularis (201412) G. sp. (201472)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mayotte G. fascicularis (89249)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu G. fascicularis (97441)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt G. fascicularis (87873 87876)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles G. sp. (80966 81006 81011)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) G. fascicularis (97666 184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya G. clavus (63179 63187) G. fascicularis (44899 44900 44902 44908 44911 63156 63160 63161 63164 63168 63173 63176 63177 63181 63182 63184) G. fasicularis (63155)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) G. astreata (63317 63320) G. fascicularis, G. astreata (63321) G. sp. (88574 88576 103044 103048 103049 103050 103051 103053 103054 103057 103059 103065 103069 103070 103072 103073 103075 103076 103077 103078)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius G. fascicularis (96891 96892)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sri Lanka G. sp. (97532)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Malaysia (Terengganu Darul Iman) G. sp. (167463)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) G. sp. (97437 97438)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Caledonia G. fascicularis (97413)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0South Pacific G. astreata (166495) G. astreata, G. paucisepta (166498) G. paucisepta (166489 166497)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) G. sp. (166503)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles G. fascicularis (96926)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) G. fascicularis (167465 167487) G. paucisepta (166462 166487)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan G. fascicularis (96956)