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Actinastrea matheyi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrocoenia matheyi was named by Koby (1885). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Allocoenia matheyi by Roniewicz (1966); it was recombined as Actinastrea matheyi by Rosendahl (1985).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Astrocoenia matheyi Koby
1966Allocoenia matheyi Roniewicz
1985Actinastrea matheyi Rosendahl

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusActinastread'Orbigny 1849
speciesmatheyi(Koby 1885)

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 matheyi Koby 1885
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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 161.20000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Chile Actinastrea matheyi (58441)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Chile Actinastrea matheyi (58771 58772)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Allocoenia matheyi (68365 68367)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal Actinastrea matheyi (68589 68590)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Centro) Actinastrea matheyi (68220)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Actinastrea matheyi (68602)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Actinastrea matheyi (34664)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Actinastrea matheyi (36533)