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Meandrina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Meandrina was named by Lamarck (1801) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1110]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Meandrininae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Trachyphylliidae by López-Pérez (2005); and to Meandrinidae by Budd et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Meandrina Lamarck
1815Maeandra Oken
1956Meandrina Wells
2002Meandrina Sepkoski
2005Meandrina López-Pérez p. 83
2012Meandrina Budd et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
genusMeandrinaLamarck 1801

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. Meandrina Lamarck 1801
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†Meandrina africana Zuffardi-Comerci 1937
†Meandrina alahuelensis Budd et al. 1992
†Meandrina antiguensis Vaughan 1919
†Meandrina bernardina d'Orbigny 1850
Meandrina brasiliensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
†Meandrina filograna Esper 1791
†Meandrina linearis d'Orbigny 1850
Meandrina meandrites Linnaeus 1758
†Meandrina vermicularis M'Coy 1848
Invalid names: Maeandra Oken 1815 [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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (87 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Egypt Maeandrina sp. (86950)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Pakistan (Sind) M. striatus (11289)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy M. taramellii (227821)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy M. taramellii, M. oppenheimi (75454)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Saint Barthélemy Maeandra sp. (71118)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Jamaica M. sp. (60955) M. sp. A (69726 69728)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Panama M. alahuelensis (7274)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Pakistan M. medlicotti (11291)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Chiapas) M. antiguensis (85745)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Panama Maeandra antiguensis (124627)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Türkiye (Denizli) M. sp. (85566)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Mexico (Chiapas) M. antiguensis (31271)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Maeandra antiguensis (34505)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Libya M. sp. (34498)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France M. subcircularis (163836)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Türkiye (Denizli) M. sp. (88772)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Somalia M. africana (123806 123807)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Sint Maarten M. meandrites (240915)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia (Java) Maeandrina sp. (62859)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan M. sp. (34875)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Maeandra sp. (124777)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Italy M. sp. (69924)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama M. brasiliensis (120356 120360 120393) M. meandrites (120358) M. sp. A (120390)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) M. meandrities (35026)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic M. brasiliensis (175591)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Haiti Maeandra sp. (60897)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia M. sp. (71079)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica M. brasiliensis (34539) M. sp., M. brasiliensis (34540)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica M. meandrites (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan M. sp. (34878)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Florida) M. maeandrites (85449)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica M. sp. (71419)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Jamaica M. meandrites (34541)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama M. brasiliensis (120218) M. meandrites (73628 120198 120202 120219) M. sp. (73627 73630) M. sp. A (120197 120201)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Jamaica M. meandrites (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica M. meandrites (71724 71729 71751 71758 71759 71773 71779) M. sp. (71762 71777) M. sp., M. meandrites (71778)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Barbados M. meandrites (148824)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic M. maeandrites (75422)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan Maeandra sp. (63137)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Taiwan Maeandra sp. (63134)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados M. meandrites (102442)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia M. meandrites (102770 102771 102776 102780 102781)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Curaçao M. meandrites (102696)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands M. sp. (89553)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba (Sint Eustatius) M. maeandrites (209790 209792 209793)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) M. meandrites (103534 103725 103727 103729 103730 103733)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) M. sp. (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. maeandrites (85457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) M. meandrites (82821)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Curaçao M. meandrites (97604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) M. brasiliensis (97610)