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Caulastrea tumida

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Caulastrea tumida was named by Matthai (1928).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Caulastrea tumida Matthai
1931Caulastrea yokoyamai Yabe and Sugiyama

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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)
speciestumidaMatthai 1928

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 tumida Matthai 1928
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Invalid names: Caulastrea yokoyamai Yabe and Sugiyama 1931 [synonym]
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 Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Caulastrea tumida (124782)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan Caulastrea yokoyamai (63137 63138)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Caulastrea tumida (88595)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Caulastrea tumida (97528)