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Astreopora auvertiaca

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Astrea auvertiaca was named by Michelin (1844). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Areacis auvertiaca by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850); it was recombined as Astreopora auvertiaca by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Astrea auvertiaca Michelin
1850Areacis auvertiaca Milne-Edwards and Haime
2006Astreopora auvertiaca Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusAstreoporaBlainville 1830
speciesauvertiaca(Michelin 1844)

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.

Astreopora auvertiaca Michelin 1844
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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: 2008-01-26 10:22:56
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:22:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Chattian or 59.20000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovenia (Slovenia) Astraeopora pseudopanicea (79293)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (France) Astreopora auvertiaca (80834)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Astreopora auvertiaca (75454)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Astreopora auvertiaca (70067)