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Stephanastrea simonneliana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Synastrea simonneliana was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Stephanastrea simonneliana by Pandey et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Synastrea simonneliana d'Orbigny
2007Stephanastrea simonneliana Pandey et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusStephanastreaEtallon 1862
speciessimonneliana(d'Orbigny 1850)

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.

†Stephanastrea simonneliana d'Orbigny 1850
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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 Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 182.70000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Iran Stephanastrea simonneliana (73968)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Lorraine) Stephanastrea simonneliana (38560)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Mâconnais) Stephanastrea simonneliana (38582 38583 38584 38585 38587)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Bourgogne) Stephanastrea simonneliana (38571)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Franche Comté) Stephanastrea simonneliana (38579)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France Stephanastrea simonneliana (38588 38590)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Slovakia (Trenčín) Stephanastrea simonneliana (234458 234459 234460 234461)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Stephanastrea simonneliana (83393)