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Pseudosiderastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Pseudosiderastrea was named by Yabe and Sugiyama (1935). It is extant.

It was assigned to Siderastreidae by Veron (2000); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Pseudosiderastrea Yabe and Sugiyama
2000Pseudosiderastrea Veron
2002Pseudosiderastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPseudosiderastreaYabe and Sugiyama 1935

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. Pseudosiderastrea Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
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Pseudosiderastrea tayamai Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
Pseudosiderastrea tayami Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea P. tayamai (42736)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indonesia P. tayami (104746)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia P. tayami (104744)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India P. tayami (165868)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Malaysia (Terengganu Darul Iman) P. tayami (167463)