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Hispaniastraea ramosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Hispaniastraea ramosa was named by Turnsek et al. (1975). Its type locality is Zarcilla de Ramos reef, which is in a Pliensbachian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Spain.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Hispaniastraea ramosa Turnsek et al. p. 23
1994Hispaniastraea ramosa Senowbari-Daryan and Stanley, Jr. p. 52 figs. Pl 1, figs 4-8; text-fig 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusHispaniastraea
speciesramosa

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.

Hispaniastraea ramosa Turnsek et al. 1975
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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 Sinemurian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 199.50000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Peru Hispaniastraea ramosa (36961)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Slovenia Hispaniastraea ramosa (87254)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile Hispaniastraea ramosa (58548)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Spain (Murcia) Hispaniastraea ramosa (type locality: 38080)