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Isastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy

Isastraea was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851). Its type is Astrea helianthoides.

It was misspelled as Isstraea by Sepkoski (2002); it was corrected as Isastrea by Prinz (1991), Lauxmann (1991), Baron-Szabo (2006).

It was assigned to Isastraeidae by Roniewicz (1976), Lauxmann (1991); to Montlivaltiidae by Beauvais (1986), Prinz (1991); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Isastreidae by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Species

Isastraea arachnoidea, Isastraea azzarolae, Isastraea bastiani, Isastraea bernardi, Isastraea blandina, Isastraea burgundiae, Isastraea cabanetana, Isastraea conferta, Isastraea corallina, Isastraea dissimilis, Isastraea dubia, Isastraea excavata, Isastraea explanulata, Isastraea favosiformis, Isastraea goldfussana, Isastraea grandis, Isastraea henocquii, Isastraea koechlini, Isastraea moneta, Isastraea mosensis, Isastraea munsteriana, Isastraea noe, Isastraea oblonga, Isastraea ornata, Isastraea propinqua, Isastraea striata, Isastraea turbinata, I. alimena, I. angulosa, I. angustata, I. bernardi, I. bernardiana, I. bernensis, I. browni, I. cesarensis, I. collignoni, I. condeana, I. crassa, I. crassisepta, I. decorata, I. deligata, I. dispar, I. elegans, I. excentrica, I. explanata, I. explanulata, I. fallax, I. fasciata, I. foliacea, I. fromenteli, I. goldfussi, I. grandiflora, I. greppini, I. gresslyi, I. helianthoides (syn. I. greenoughi), I. hemisphaerica, I. hourcqi, I. incerta, I. jurensis, I. kosodeensis, I. limitata, I. lonsdalii, I. marcoui, I. matumotoi, I. nantuacumensis, I. neocomiensis, I. octogona, I. orbignyi, I. parva, I. parvistella, I. propinqua, I. qingyanensis, I. rariseptata, I. richardsoni, I. robusta, I. salinensis, I. sinemuriensis, I. splendida, I. sugiyamai, I. superficialis, I. taruensis, I. tenuisepta, I. tenuistriata, I. whitneyi, I. yuraensis, Parisastraea collignoni

Species lacking formal opinion data

I. alfurica, I. ampezzana, I. boehmi, I. chilensis, I. davidsoni, I. geometrica, I. globosa, I. guembeli, I. guembeli, I. guembeli, I. heliantoides, I. hemispherica, I. michelottina, I. microphylla, I. murchisoni, I. phillipsi, I. phillipsis, I. seranica

Synonyms

Placastrea was named by Stoliczka (1873).

It was synonymized subjectively with Isastrea by Baron-Szabo (2009).

It was assigned to Montlivaltiidae by Löser et al. (2009).
Dermosastraea was named by Beauvais (1970) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Isastrea by Lathuliere (2014).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).
Parisastraea was named by Alloiteau (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: J m Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant.

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

It was assigned to Isastreidae by Alloiteau (1958); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1851	Isastraea Milne-Edwards and Haime
1873	Placastrea Stoliczka
1958	Parisastraea Alloiteau
1970	Dermosastraea Beauvais
1976	Isastraea Roniewicz
1986	Isastraea Beauvais
1991	Isastrea Lauxmann
1991	Isastrea Prinz
2002	Dermosastraea Sepkoski
2002	Isstraea Sepkoski
2002	Parisastraea Sepkoski
2006	Isastrea Baron-Szabo p. 45
2009	Placastrea Löser 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	Montlivaltiidae	(Duncan 1884)
genus	Isastrea	(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)

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. †Isastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851

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†Isastraea arachnoidea de Koninck 1863

†Isastraea azzarolae Stoppani 1865

†Isastraea bastiani Stoppani 1865

†Isastraea bernardi d'Orbigny 1850

†Isastraea blandina d'Orbigny 1850

†Isastraea burgundiae de Fromentel 1861

†Isastraea cabanetana d'Orbigny 1850

†Isastraea conferta Duncan 1863

†Isastraea corallina d'Orbigny 1850

†Isastraea dissimilis Michelin 1846

†Isastraea dubia d'Orbigny 1850

†Isastraea excavata d'Orbigny 1850

†Isastraea explanulata M'Coy 1848

†Isastraea favosiformis Bendukidze 1949

†Isastraea goldfussana d'Orbigny 1850

†Isastraea grandis d'Orbigny 1850

†Isastraea henocquii Milne Edwards and Haime 1851

†Isastraea koechlini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857

†Isastraea moneta d'Orbigny 1850

†Isastraea mosensis d'Orbigny 1850

†Isastraea munsteriana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849

†Isastraea noe d'Orbigny 1850

†Isastraea oblonga Fleming 1828

†Isastraea ornata d'Orbigny 1850

†Isastraea propinqua Etallon 1864

†Isastraea striata d'Orbigny 1850

†Isastraea turbinata Duncan 1863

†Isastrea alimena d'Orbigny 1849

†Isastrea angulosa Goldfuss 1826

†Isastrea angustata d'Orbigny 1850

†Isastrea bernardi Koby 1886

†Isastrea bernardiana d'Orbigny 1850

†Isastrea bernensis Etallon and Thurmann 1864

†Isastrea browni Duncan 1872

†Isastrea cesarensis Beauvais 1966

†Isastrea collignoni Alloiteau 1958

†Isastrea condeana Chapuis and Dewalque 1853

†Isastrea crassa Goldfuss 1826

†Isastrea crassisepta Becker and Milaschewitsch 1875

†Isastrea decorata Meyer 1888

†Isastrea deligata Alloiteau 1958

†Isastrea dispar de Fromentel 1856

†Isastrea elegans Stoliczka 1873

†Isastrea excentrica Beauvais 1972

†Isastrea explanata Muenster 1829

†Isastrea explanulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850

†Isastrea fallax Milne Edwards and Haime 1857

†Isastrea fasciata Etallon and Thurmann 1864

†Isastrea foliacea de Fromentel 1856

†Isastrea fromenteli Koby 1885

†Isastrea goldfussi Koby 1885

†Isastrea grandiflora Etallon and Thurmann 1864

†Isastrea greppini Koby 1885

†Isastrea gresslyi Etallon and Thurmann 1864

†Isastrea helianthoides Goldfuss 1826

Invalid names: Isastrea greenoughi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1854 [synonym]

†Isastrea hemisphaerica Gregory 1900

†Isastrea hourcqi Alloiteau 1958

†Isastrea incerta Alloiteau 1958

†Isastrea jurensis Étallon 1859

†Isastrea kosodeensis Eguchi 1951

†Isastrea limitata Michelin 1846

†Isastrea lonsdalii Milne Edwards and Haime 1851

†Isastrea marcoui Koby 1885

†Isastrea matumotoi Eguchi 1944

†Isastrea nantuacumensis Beauvais 1966

†Isastrea neocomiensis de Fromentel 1857

†Isastrea octogona Greppin 1867

†Isastrea orbignyi Chapuis and Dewalque 1853

†Isastrea parva Étallon 1859

†Isastrea parvistella Alloiteau 1958

†Isastrea propinqua Etallon and Thurmann 1864

†Isastrea qingyanensis Qi and Stanley 1989

†Isastrea rariseptata Liao 1982

†Isastrea richardsoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851

†Isastrea robusta Morycowa and Misik 2005

†Isastrea salinensis Koby 1885

†Isastrea sinemuriensis Fromentel 1860

†Isastrea splendida Laube 1865

†Isastrea sugiyamai Eguchi 1951

†Isastrea superficialis Alloiteau 1958

†Isastrea taruensis Eguchi 1951

†Isastrea tenuisepta Koby 1885

†Isastrea tenuistriata MacCoy 1848

†Isastrea whitneyi Wells 1932

†Isastrea yuraensis Eguchi 1951

Invalid names: Dermosastraea Beauvais 1970 [synonym], Parisastraea Alloiteau 1958 [synonym], Placastrea Stoliczka 1873 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesubo

Grouping:

colonialf

Clonal:

yesf

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationarysubo

Attached:

yessubo

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

photosymbioticf

Diet 2:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-02-05 11:59:19

Modified:

2008-02-05 13:59:19

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

References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 237.00000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (357 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Japan	Isastraea sp. (38133)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Italy (South Tyrol)	Isastraea sp. (205149)
Carnian	237.0 - 227.3	Italy	Isastraea ampezzana (38162)
Late/Upper Triassic	237.0 - 201.4	USA (Alaska)	Isastraea sp. (40683)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	Timor-Leste	I. boehmi (21180)
Norian	227.3 - 205.7	USA (Alaska)	I. sp. (112342)
Sevatian - Rhaetian	211.18 - 201.4	Indonesia	I. seranica, I. alfurica (34893)
Rhaetian	205.7 - 201.4	Italy (Lombardy)	Isastraea azzarolae, Isastraea bastiani (38083)
Rhaetian	205.7 - 201.4	Austria	Isastraea sp. (36807)
Rhaetian - Hettangian	205.7 - 199.5	United Kingdom (England)	Isastraea murchisoni (96611)
Youngest occurrences
Time interval	Ma	Country or state	PBDB collection number
Late/Upper Aptian	119.57 - 113.2	Japan (Ishikari)	I. matumotoi (91348)
Late/Upper Aptian	119.57 - 113.2	Japan (Iwate)	I. sp. (91325)
Late/Upper Aptian	119.57 - 113.2	Mexico (Baja California)	I. whitneyi (1872 1878)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian	119.57 - 110.1	Iran (Razavi-Chorasan)	I. sp. A, I. richardsoni (83393) I. sp. B (83416)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian	119.57 - 100.5	China (Xizang)	I. sp. (74275)
Early/Lower Albian	113.2 - 110.1	USA (Texas)	I. whitneyi (74762 74763 74764)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Netherlands (Limburg)	I. angulosa (85271 85272)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Iraq	Isastraea sp. (3884)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Somalia	I. michelottina (78951)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Costa Rica	I. sp. (198247)