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Actinastrea ramosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrea ramosa was named by Sowerby (1832).

It was recombined as Astrocoenia ramosa by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849); it was recombined as Actinastrea ramosa by Turnsek (1997).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Astrea ramosa Sowerby
1847Astrea ramosa Michelin
1849Astrocoenia ramosa Milne-Edwards and Haime
1854Astrocoenia ramosa minor Reuss
1997Actinastrea ramosa Turnsek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusActinastread'Orbigny 1849
speciesramosa(Sowerby 1832)

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 ramosa Sowerby 1832
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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 Middle Oxfordian to the top of the Eocene or 161.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Iran (Tabas Area) Actinastrea ramosa (41422)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany Actinastrea ramosa (74193)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Georgia Astrocoenia ramosa (91629)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Slovenia Actinastrea ramosa (23071)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Croatia Actinastrea ramosa (11410)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Serbia and Montenegro Actinastrea ramosa (79226)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman Actinastrea ramosa (151655)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Turkey Actinastrea ramosa (74506)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Actinastrea ramosa (12766)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman Actinastrea ramosa (67454)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Actinastrea ramosa (67456)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (Sind) Astrocoenia ramosa (11289)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Somalia Astrocoenia ramosa (71063)