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Montastrea brevis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Astrea brevis was named by Duncan (1864).

It was recombined as Heliastrea brevis by Duncan (1868); it was recombined as Orbicella brevis by Vaughan (1919); it was recombined as Montastrea brevis by Wells (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. nancyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Astrea brevis Duncan
1868Heliastrea brevis Duncan
1919Orbicella brevis Vaughan
1956Montastrea brevis Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciesbrevis(Duncan 1864)

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 brevis Duncan 1864
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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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago Montastrea brevis (27585 27591 27595)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Dominican Republic Montastrea brevis (93719)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Montastrea brevis (84960 84965 84966 93689 94000 94001 94005 94094 94104)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Montastrea brevis (75039)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Montastrea brevis (80136 93735 93795)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Montastrea brevis (79958)