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Stibastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae

Discussion

possibly a synonym of Latomeandra

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Taxonomy
Stibastrea was named by Étallon (1859) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath J u]. Its type is Stibastrea edwardsi.

It was assigned to Calamophylliidae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Dermosmiliidae by Pandey and Fürsich (2003).

Species
S. edwardsi (type species), S. etalloni, S. structa
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. felixi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Stibastrea Étallon
1956Stibastrea Wells
2002Stibastrea Sepkoski
2003Stibastrea Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyDermosmiliidaeKoby 1887
genusStibastrea

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. †Stibastrea Étallon 1859
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†Stibastrea edwardsi Étallon 1859
†Stibastrea etalloni Koby 1885
†Stibastrea structa Gregory 1900
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 174.70000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.7 - 168.6Iran (Tabas Area) S. structa (41398)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Kachchh) S. structa (24050)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian168.2 - 161.5Madagascar (Toliara) S. structa (86479)
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian165.3 - 152.21Iran (Tabas Area) S. structa (41417)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany S. felixi, S. sp. (74193)