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Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agatheliidae

Taxonomy
Heliastrea cyathiformis was named by Duncan (1865).

It was recombined as Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis by Vaughan (1899).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Heliastrea cyathiformis Duncan
1899Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis Vaughan
1958Haimesiastraea anchistina Squires

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyAgatheliidae
genusMulticolumnastraea
speciescyathiformis(Duncan 1865)

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.

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Invalid names: Haimesiastraea anchistina Squires 1958 [synonym]
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: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Danian or 100.50000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9New Zealand Haimesiastraea anchistina (88982)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8New Zealand Haimesiastraea anchistina (88976)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis (74895)
Piripauan85.8 - 83.5New Zealand Haimesiastraea anchistina (78400 88979)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis (67084)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Jamaica (Clarendon) Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis (88334)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Jamaica (St. James Parish) Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis (88337)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis (27647 27650)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis (38869 38870 74810 138913 145214)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis (27645 27646 27648)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jamaica Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis (27649)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jamaica Heliastrea cyathiformis (169303)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Puerto Rico Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis (87547)