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Caulastrea portoricensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Calamophyllia portoricensis was named by Coryell (1929).

It was recombined as Caulastrea portoricensis by Stemann (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Calamophyllia portoricensis Coryell
2003Caulastrea portoricensis Stemann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCaulastrea(Dana 1846)
speciesportoricensis(Coryell 1929)

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.

†Caulastrea portoricensis Coryell 1929
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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 Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Gelasian or 33.90000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica Caulastrea portoricensis (69724)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Caulastrea portoricensis (34503)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Jamaica Caulastrea portoricensis (69725)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago Caulastrea portoricensis (27585 27588 27591 27592 27595)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (Puerto Rico) Caulastrea portoricensis (71245)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Caulastrea portoricensis (120358 120360 120361 120390 120392 120394)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Caulastrea portoricensis (84977)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Netherlands Antilles Caulastrea portoricensis (41032)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Caulastrea portoricensis (41070 41071)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Caulastraea portoricensis (71384 71386 71387 71394 71398 71409 71410) Caulastrea portoricensis (71396 71397)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Dominican Republic Caulastrea portoricensis (93739)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Caulastrea portoricensis (34540)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica Caulastrea portoricensis (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Bahamas Caulastraea portoricensis (73648 73649 73651 73659 73661)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles Caulastrea portoricensis (41046 41050 41051)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica Caulastraea portoricensis (71411 71412 71413 71414 71417 71419 71420 71421)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Netherlands Antilles Caulastrea portoricensis (41054 41057)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Caulastraea portoricensis (73629 73631) Caulastrea portoricensis (120200 120202 120214 120217 120272 120278 120280 120285 120355)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Caulastraea portoricensis (71422 71724 71772 71773 73618 73619 73620 73624)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica Caulastrea portoricensis (34542)