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Isastrea helianthoides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Astrea helianthoides was named by Goldfuss (1826).

It was recombined as Isastrea helianthoides by Pandey and Fürsich (2003) and Baron-Szabo (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Isastrea helianthoides Pandey and Fürsich
2006Isastrea helianthoides Baron-Szabo p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusIsastrea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
specieshelianthoides(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.

†Isastrea helianthoides Goldfuss 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 170.30000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Slovakia Isastrea helianthoides (60237)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.3 - 161.2Iran (Tabas Area) Isastrea helianthoides (41414)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3India (Rajasthan) Isastrea helianthoides (92944)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Isastrea helianthoides (93114)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Isastrea helianthoides (93153)
Early/Lower Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Czech Republic Isastrea helianthoides (61227)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Isastrea helianthoides (68366 68372 68376)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Azerbaijan Isastrea helianthoides (78422)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Romania Isastrea helianthoides (35185)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Niedersachsen) Isastrea helianthoides (23919)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Lower Saxony) Isastrea helianthoides (23913 23916 23921)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Ukraine Isastrea helianthoides (90026)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia Isastrea helianthoides (68650)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia Isastrea helianthoides (90017)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland Isastrea helianthoides (68368 68369 68370)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain Isastrea helianthoides (34624 34625)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland Isastrea helianthoides (21268)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Isastrea helianthoides (23887)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Isastrea helianthoides (23904 34398)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Berriasian150.8 - 139.8Poland Isastrea helianthoides (133395)