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Actinastrea geminata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrea geminata was named by Goldfuss (1826). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Actinastrea geminata by Baron-Szabo (2006).

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Astrea geminata Goldfuss
1906Actinastraea hexaphylloides Felix
1906Astrocoenia hexaphylloides Felix
1956Actinastrea hexaphylloides Wells
1989Actinastrea hexaphylloides Eliasova
2006Actinastrea geminata Baron-Szabo

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

†Actinastrea geminata Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Actinastrea hexaphylloides Felix 1906 [synonym]
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 Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Danian or 99.60000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Czech Republic Actinastraea hexaphylloides (67562)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Sachsen) Actinastrea geminata (74192)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Ukraine Astrocoenia hexaphylloides (87044)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Actinastrea goldfussi (85272)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Netherlands (Limburg) Actinastrea goldfussi (85275)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Actinastraea hexaphylloides (76889)