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Actinastrea gibbosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrocoenia gibbosa was named by Duncan (1867). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jhirk, Sind, Pakistan, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian reef, buildup or bioherm horizon in Pakistan. It is the type species of Stelidioseris.

It was recombined as Actinastrea gibbosa by Turnsek et al. (1975) and Beauvais (1976); it was recombined as Allocoeniopsis gibbosa by Johnson and McKerrow (1995) and Kiessling (2008); it was recombined as Stelidioseris gibbosa by Tomes (1893) and Löser (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. crassa, A. kellumi, A. minima

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Astrocoenia gibbosa Duncan
1893Stelidioseris gibbosa Tomes
1975Actinastrea gibbosa Turnsek et al.
1976Actinastrea gibbosa Beauvais
1995Allocoeniopsis gibbosa Johnson and McKerrow
2008Allocoeniopsis gibbosa Kiessling
2012Stelidioseris gibbosa Löser

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusActinastread'Orbigny 1849
speciesgibbosa(Duncan 1867)

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.

†Actinastrea gibbosa Duncan 1867
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 09:44:35
Modified: 2008-01-26 11:44:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Pliensbachian or 201.30000 to 182.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Chile Actinastrea gibbosa (58536 58539)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3United Kingdom (Wales) Allocoeniopsis gibbosa (33356)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5United Kingdom (Wales) Actinastrea gibbosa (41816)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Chile Actinastrea gibbosa (58545 95096)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Spain (Murcia) Actinastrea gibbosa (38080)