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Actinastrea pentagonalis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Astraea pentagonalis was named by Goldfuss (1829).

It was recombined as Stephanocoenia pentagonalis by Becker and Milaschewitsch (1875); it was recombined as Actinastrea pentagonalis by Pandey and Fürsich (2003).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Astraea pentagonalis Goldfuss
1875Stephanocoenia pentagonalis Becker and Milaschewitsch
2003Actinastrea pentagonalis Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusActinastread'Orbigny 1849
speciespentagonalis(Goldfuss 1829)

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 pentagonalis Goldfuss 1829
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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 Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 171.60000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.1 - 168.4Iran (Tabas Area) Actinastrea pentagonalis (41398)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Chile Actinastrea pentagonalis (34631)
Bathonian - Callovian168.3 - 163.5Iran Actinastrea pentagonalis (85446)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.3 - 161.2Iran (Tabas Area) Actinastrea pentagonalis (41416)
Late/Upper Callovian - Early/Lower Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Chile Actinastrea pentagonalis (58441)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Chile Actinastrea pentagonalis (58771)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Lower Saxony) Actinastrea pentagonalis (23910)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Actinastrea pentagonalis (31433)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Niedersachsen) Actinastrea pentagonalis (31435)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Iran (Tabas Area) Actinastrea pentagonalis (41422)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Germany (Lower Saxony) Actinastrea pentagonalis (23929)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Lebanon Stephanocoenia pentagonalis (34869)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Actinastrea pentagonalis (23903 23904 34398)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Actinastrea pentagonalis (36533 36538)