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Stylophora raristella

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Astrea raristella was named by Defrance (1826).

It was recombined as Stylophora raristella by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. confusa, S. minuta, S. papuensis, S. tuberosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Astrea raristella Defrance
1850Stylophora raristella Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusStylophoraSchweigger 1819
speciesraristella(Defrance 1826)

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.

†Stylophora raristella Defrance 1826
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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 Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Spain Stylophora raristella (69928)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Portugal Stylophora raristella (92102)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Stylophora raristella (70232 70241 70244 70315 163837)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97France Stylophora raristella (70222)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Aquitaine) Stylophora raristella (70203)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Stylophora raristella (70191 163838)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Stylophora raristella (70450)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Angola Stylophora raristella (73801)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Spain Stylophora raristella (70416)