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Synastrea agaricites

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Synastraeidae

Taxonomy
Astrea agaricites was named by Goldfuss (1826).

It was recombined as Synastrea agaricites by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848); it was recombined as Thamnastraea agaricites by Reuss (1854).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Synastrea agaricites Milne-Edwards and Haime
1854Thamnastraea agaricites Reuss

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySynastraeidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusSynastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesagaricites(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

Synastrea agaricites Goldfuss 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 07:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 129.40000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Mexico (Puebla) Synastrea agaricites (89865)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Georgia Thamnastraea agaricites (91628)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Austria Synastrea agaricites (27296)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany Synastrea agaricites (74484 74485)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Bulgaria Synastrea agaricites (67575)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico Synastrea agaricites (74810)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Synastrea agaricites (27650 27651)