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Montastrea tampaensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Orbicella tampaensis was named by Vaughan (1919).

It was recombined as Montastrea tampaensis by Frost and Langenheim (1974) and López-Pérez (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Orbicella tampaensis Vaughan
1974Montastrea tampaensis Frost and Langenheim, Jr.
2005Montastrea tampaensis López-Pérez p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciestampaensis()

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.

Montastrea tampaensis Vaughan 1919
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Montastrea tampaensis (92509 123677 123678)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) Montastrea tampaensis (85771 85785 85793 85798 85799)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Jamaica Montastrea tampaensis (69729)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Anguilla Montastrea tampaensis (22971 22972 22973)