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Goniastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy

Goniastrea was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 86]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Faviidae by Veron (2000), López-Pérez (2005); and to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).

Species lacking formal opinion data

G. hombroni

Synonyms

Lamellastraea was named by Duncan (1867) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-l T Ol-u Sepkoski's reference number: 1110].

It was synonymized subjectively with Goniastrea by Kiessling (2014).

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

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1848	Goniastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime
1867	Lamellastraea Duncan
1956	Lamellastraea Wells
2000	Goniastrea Veron p. 156
2002	Goniastrea Sepkoski
2002	Lamellastraea Sepkoski
2005	Goniastrea López-Pérez p. 83
2014	Goniastrea Huang et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
superfamily	Faviicae	Gregory 1900
family	Merulinidae	Verrill 1866
genus	Goniastrea	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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. Goniastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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†Goniastrea aloysiisabaudiae Zuffardi-Comerci 1931

Goniastrea australensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857

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Invalid names: Goniastrea seychellensis Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 [synonym]

†Goniastrea canalis Vaughan 1919

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Invalid names: Favites yborensis Weisbord 1973 [synonym]

†Goniastrea capitata Studer 1880

†Goniastrea cocchii d'Achiardi 1868

Goniastrea columella Crossland 1948

†Goniastrea crassisepta Koby 1885

†Goniastrea curasavica Gerth 1928

†Goniastrea delemontana Koby 1885

Goniastrea edwardsi Chevalier 1971

Goniastrea favulus Dana 1846

†Goniastrea grandiflora Felix 1915

†Goniastrea insignis Duncan 1880

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Invalid names: Latimeandra gajensis Duncan 1880 [synonym], Latimeandra reussi Duncan 1880 [synonym]

†Goniastrea longula Budd et al. 1992

†Goniastrea matanomadhensis Chattopadhyay 2004

†Goniastrea muralis Budd et al. 1992

Goniastrea parvistella Dana 1846

†Goniastrea parvula Duncan 1880

†Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834

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Invalid names: Goniastrea planulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym]

Goniastrea retiformis Lamarck 1816

Goniastrea stelligera Dana 1846

†Goniastrea tenera Traub 1938

†Goniastrea thiergartensis Koby 1885

Invalid names: Lamellastraea Duncan 1867 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesubo

Grouping:

colonialsubo

Clonal:

yessubo

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationarysubo

Attached:

yessubo

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

photosymbioticsubo

Diet 2:

suspension feedersubo

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-02-21 04:32:59

Modified:

2008-02-21 06:32:59

Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (357 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	United Arab Emirates	Diplocoenia parvistella (12766)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Jamaica	G. insignis (27646)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	Austria (Salzburg)	G. tenera (84335)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	India (Gujarat)	G. sp., G. matanomadhensis (171803)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Italy	G. cocchii (75454)
Middle Eocene	48.07 - 37.71	Italy	G. sp., Goniastraea cocchii (146598)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Hungary	G. sp. (123836)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Panama	G. canalis, G. longula, G. muralis (7274)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Pakistan	Prionastraea insignis (11291)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Mexico (Chiapas)	G. canalis (85745)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Mexico (Chiapas)	G. canalis (31271)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Antigua and Barbuda	G. canalis (203876 203879)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua)	G. canalis (203920)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Iran	Favites insignis (41075)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Venezuela	G. canalis (87067)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Somalia	Favites insignis (123805)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Mexico (Chiapas)	G. canalis (85756)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Jamaica	G. sp. A, G. sp. B (69725)
Chattian - Aquitanian	27.3 - 20.45	USA (Florida)	Favites yborensis (92509)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	Japan	Lamellastraea sp. (34874)