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Aquitanastraea incrustans

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Heliastrea incrustans was named by Osasco (1897).

It was recombined as Aquitanastraea incrustans by Chevalier (1954).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Heliastrea incrustans Osasco
1954Aquitanastraea incrustans Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusAquitanastraeaChevalier 1954
speciesincrustans(Osasco 1897)

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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Langhian or 28.10000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Heliastrea incrustans (70067)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Aquitanastraea incrustans (70450)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Heliastraea incrustans (151415)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France Heliastraea incrustans (163845)