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Pseudosiderastrea tayamai

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Pseudosiderastrea tayamai was named by Yabe and Sugiyama (1935). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Pseudosiderastrea tayamai Yabe and Sugiyama

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPseudosiderastreaYabe and Sugiyama 1935
speciestayamaiYabe and Sugiyama 1935

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.

Pseudosiderastrea tayamai Yabe and Sugiyama 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Pseudosiderastrea tayamai (42736)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indonesia Pseudosiderastrea tayami (104746)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia Pseudosiderastrea tayami (104744)