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Montastrea trinitatis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Orbicella trinitatis was named by Vaughan (1926).

It was recombined as Montastrea trinitatis by Foster (1986).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. nancyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Orbicella trinitatis Vaughan
1986Montastrea trinitatis Foster

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciestrinitatis(Vaughan 1926)

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 trinitatis Vaughan 1926
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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 Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 28.40000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Jamaica Montastrea trinitatis (69725)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Dominican Republic Montastrea trinitatis (94011 94084)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic Montastrea trinitatis (93774 94143)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago Montastrea trinitatis (27583 27584 27585 27586 27588 27591 27592 27595)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Montastrea trinitatis (93796)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama Montastrea trinitatis (120399 120401 120402 120403 120404 120405 120406 120409 120410)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (Puerto Rico) Montastrea trinitatis (71245)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Montastrea trinitatis (74961 93792)