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Antiguastrea alveolaris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Astrea alveolaris was named by Catullo (1856).

It was recombined as Antiguastrea alveolaris by Vaughan (1919).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Astrea alveolaris Catullo
1919Antiguastrea alveolaris Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusAntiguastrea
speciesalveolaris(Catullo 1856)

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.

Antiguastrea alveolaris Catullo 1856
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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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Langhian or 28.10000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy Antiguastrea alveolaris (86953)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Turkey (Denizli) Antiguastrea alveolaris (85566)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Antiguastrea alveolaris (22968 70067)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Antiguastrea alveolaris (70313)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Australia (Queensland) Antiguastrea alveolaris (71260)