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Isastrea explanulata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Isastrea explanulata was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Isastrea explanulata Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusIsastrea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
speciesexplanulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850

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.

Isastrea explanulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Early/Lower Callovian or 190.80000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Chile Isastrea explanulata (58550)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Germany (Bayern) Isastrea explanulata (87042 87043)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Chile Isastrea explanulata (34631 34632)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Switzerland Isastrea explanulata (162347 162373)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Isastrea explanulata (77242)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Isastrea explanulata (38159)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Azerbaijan Isastrea explanulata (78413)