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Clausastrea plana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Latimaeandra plana was named by de Fromentel (1877).

It was recombined as Clausastrea plana by Alloiteau (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Latimaeandra plana de Fromentel
1960Clausastrea plana Alloiteau

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusClausastread'Orbigny 1850
speciesplana(de Fromentel 1877)

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.

Clausastrea plana de Fromentel 1877
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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 Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Santonian or 130.00000 to 83.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Austria Clausastrea plana (221476)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Austria Clausastrea plana (221478)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany Clausastrea plana (25535 221477)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Clausastrea plana (84709)