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Heliastrea (Athecastraea) vesiculosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae

Taxonomy
Astrea vesiculosa was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850).

It was recombined as Heliastrea (Athecastraea) vesiculosa by Chevalier (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Athecastraea maradahensis, H. puritana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Astrea vesiculosa Milne-Edwards and Haime
1961Heliastrea (Athecastraea) vesiculosa Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyHeliastraeidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusHeliastreaMilne Edwards and Haime 1857
subgenusAthecastraea
speciesvesiculosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)

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.

†Heliastrea (Athecastraea) vesiculosa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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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 Chattian to the top of the Langhian or 28.10000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Heliastrea vesiculosa (22968)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Heliastraea vesiculosa (163838)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Aquitaine) Athecastraea vesiculosa (70203)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Heliastrea vesiculosa (70313)