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Goniastrea parvistella

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Astrea parvistella was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Goniastrea parvistella by Vaughan (1918).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Astrea parvistella Dana
1918Goniastrea parvistella Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusGoniastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesparvistella(Dana 1846)

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.

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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 Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 15.97000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Somalia Goniastrea parvistella (123804)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia Goniastrea parvistella (109216)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan Goniastrea parvistella (34880)