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Acanthastrea hemprichii

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Astrea hemprichii was named by Ehrenberg (1834). It is extant.

It was recombined as Favia hemprichii by Matthai (1914); it was recombined as Acanthastrea hemprichii by Vaughan (1918).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Astrea hemprichii Ehrenberg
1914Favia hemprichii Matthai
1918Acanthastrea hemprichii Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusAcanthastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
specieshemprichii(Ehrenberg 1834)

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.

Acanthastrea hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834
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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 Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan Acanthastrea hemprichii (34877)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia Acanthastrea hemprichii (42739)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan Acanthastrea hemprichii (63137)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Acanthastrea hemprichii (63135)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Acanthastrea hemprichii (97528)