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Montastrea cavernosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora cavernosa was named by Linne (1767). It is extant.

It was recombined as Orbicella cavernosa by Verrill (1864); it was recombined as Phyllocoenia cavernosa by Thomas (1938); it was recombined as Heliastrea cavernosa by Butterlin (1960); it was recombined as Montastrea cavernosa by Wells (1944), De Buisonjé (1974) and Kiessling (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. nancyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1767Madrepora cavernosa Linne
1864Orbicella cavernosa Verrill
1938Phyllocoenia cavernosa Thomas p. 80
1944Montastrea cavernosa Wells
1960Heliastrea cavernosa Butterlin
1974Montastrea cavernosa De Buisonjé p. 222 figs. Pl 2, fig 5
2008Montastrea cavernosa Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciescavernosa(Linne 1767)

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.

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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 Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 28.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (127 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Venezuela Montastrea cavernosa (87067)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Grenada Montastrea cavernosa (58687 58690)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Colombia Montastrea cavernosa (73793)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Dominican Republic Montastrea cavernosa (84993 94011)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Montastrea cavernosa (123555 123564)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Dominican Republic Orbicella cavernosa (124722)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama Montastrea cavernosa (120399 120402 120403 120406 120410)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Montastrea cavernosa (41065 94093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti Heliastrea cavernosa (60103)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Dominican Republic Montastrea cavernosa (84978 93719 93721 94142)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles Montastrea cavernosa (209178)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Netherlands Antilles Montastrea cavernosa (41028)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Montastrea cavernosa (41067 41068 84960 93606 94104)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Montastrea cavernosa (120357 120358 120359 120360 120390 120392 120393 120395)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Montastrea cavernosa (74961 93792)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Montastrea cavernosa (124265 124268)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Dominican Republic Orbicella cavernosa (124778)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica Montastrea cavernosa (34543)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles Montastrea cavernosa (41039 41040 41051)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Netherlands Antilles Montastrea cavernosa (41054)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Jamaica Montastrea cavernosa (34541)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Montastrea cavernosa (120201 120214 120217 120218 120219 120221 120276 120277 120278 120281 120288 120354)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica Montastrea cavernosa (34542)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Orbicella cavernosa (75419 75422)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Heliastrea cavernosa (66812) Orbicella cavernosa (60881)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Barbados Montastrea cavernosa (88831)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados Montastrea cavernosa (102449)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Sint Eustatius) Montastrea cavernosa (209789 209790 209794)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Montastrea cavernosa (89553)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Montastrea cavernosa (85457 102945 127147)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Montastrea cavernosa (89150)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Belize Montastrea cavernosa (88824 88826)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Montastrea cavernosa (102635 102645 102649)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Montserrat Phyllocoenia cavernosa (209803)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Montastrea cavernosa (82819)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Montastrea cavernosa (83670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) Montastrea cavernosa (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saint Kitts and Nevis Montastrea cavernosa (209798 209801)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (San Salvador) Montastrea cavernosa (148705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Montastrea cavernosa (80611 80612)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia Montastrea cavernosa (102776 102777 102779 102780)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Dominica Orbicella cavernosa (209345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Montastrea cavernosa (103511 103523 103525 103526 103528 103529 103530 103531 103532 103533 103535 103724 103725 103726 103727 103728 103729 103730 103731 103732 103733)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Montastrea cavernosa (34518 34519)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela Montastrea cavernosa (83665 83667)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Montastrea cavernosa (97606 97609 97610 165254)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Antilles Montastrea cavernosa (97604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda Montastrea cavernosa (97611)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands Montastrea cavernosa (97605)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Montastrea cavernosa (97552 97554)