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Fungiastraea arachnoides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Madrepora arachnoides was named by Parkinson (1808).

It was recombined as Thamnastraea arachnoides by Koby (1904); it was recombined as Fungiastraea arachnoides by Roniewicz (1976).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. brevipes, F. lamellosa, F. miraensis, F. praeturoniana, F. stricta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1808Madrepora arachnoides Parkinson
1904Thamnastraea arachnoides Koby
1976Fungiastraea arachnoides Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusFungiastraeaAlloiteau 1952
speciesarachnoides(Parkinson 1808)

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.

†Fungiastraea arachnoides Parkinson 1808
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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: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 175.60000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Thailand Fungiastraea arachnoides (79544)
Early/Lower Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Czech Republic Fungiastraea arachnoides (61227)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom Fungiastraea arachnoides (35300)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Fungiastraea arachnoides (68365 68367)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Azerbaijan Thamnastraea arachnoides (78420)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Georgia Fungiastraea arachnoides (85930)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Lower Saxony) Fungiastraea arachnoides (23910)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Fungiastraea arachnoides (21257)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Fungiastraea arachnoides (31433 31436)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom Fungiastraea arachnoides (86020)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Niedersachsen) Fungiastraea arachnoides (31437)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia Fungiastraea arachnoides (68674 68690)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Uzbekistan Thamnastraea arachnoides (91782 91783 91787)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal Fungiastraea arachnoides (68590)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Valanginian161.2 - 132.9China (Xizang) Fungiastraea arachnoides (61414)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Centro) Fungiastraea arachnoides (68220)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania Fungiastraea arachnoides (35200 35201)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Fungiastraea arachnoides (34662 68585 68594)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain Fungiastraea arachnoides (34624)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Spain Fungiastraea arachnoides (69197)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy Fungiastraea arachnoides (154046)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Poland Fungiastraea arachnoides (64116)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Fungiastraea arachnoides (83393)