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Goniastrea canalis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy

Goniastrea canalis was named by Vaughan (1919). Its type locality is Vaughn Station 601 - Empire [Emperador Limestone], which is in an Aquitanian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Culebra Formation of Panama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

G. hombroni

Synonyms

Favites yborensis was named by Weisbord (1973). It is not extant. Its type locality is Ballast Point, Silex Bed [Tampa Limestone], which is in a Chattian/Aquitanian shallow subtidal limestone in the Arcadia Formation of Florida.

It was synonymized subjectively with Goniastrea canalis by Flórez et al. (2018).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1919	Goniastrea canalis Vaughan
1973	Favites yborensis Weisbord
2005	Goniastrea canalis López-Pérez p. 83

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
superfamily	Faviicae	Gregory 1900
family	Merulinidae	Verrill 1866
genus	Goniastrea	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
species	canalis

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.

†Goniastrea canalis Vaughan 1919

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Invalid names: Favites yborensis Weisbord 1973 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesubo

Grouping:

colonialsubo

Clonal:

yessubo

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationarysubo

Attached:

yessubo

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

photosymbioticsubo

Diet 2:

suspension feedersubo

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-02-21 04:32:59

Modified:

2008-02-21 06:32:59

Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Aquitanian or 38.00000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections (11 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Panama	Goniastrea canalis (7274)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	Mexico (Chiapas)	Goniastrea canalis (85745)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Venezuela	Goniastrea canalis (87067)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Mexico (Chiapas)	Goniastrea canalis (85756)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Antigua and Barbuda	Goniastrea canalis (203876 203879)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Mexico (Chiapas)	Goniastrea canalis (31271)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua)	Goniastrea canalis (203920)
Chattian - Aquitanian	28.1 - 20.44	USA (Florida)	Favites yborensis (92509)
Aquitanian	23.03 - 20.44	Panama	Goniastrea canalis (type locality: 124533)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian	23.03 - 15.97	Colombia	Goniastrea canalis (201395)