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Isastrea hemisphaerica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Isastrea hemisphaerica was named by Gregory (1900). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Isastrea hemisphaerica Gregory

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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)
specieshemisphaericaGregory 1900

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 hemisphaerica Gregory 1900
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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 Toarcian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 182.70000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Chile Isastrea hemisphaerica (58547)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Kachchh) Isastrea hemisphaerica (24050)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Saudi Arabia Isastrea hemisphaerica (34544)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Saudi Arabia Isastrea hemisphaerica (28059)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Saudi Arabia Isastrea hemisphaerica (28061)