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Siderastrea bertrandiana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrea bertrandiana was named by Michelin (1847).

It was recombined as Siderastrea bertrandiana by Chevalier (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Astrea bertrandiana Michelin
1961Siderastrea bertrandiana Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderastreaBlainville 1830
speciesbertrandiana(Michelin 1847)

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.

Siderastrea bertrandiana Michelin 1847
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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 Aquitanian to the top of the Serravallian or 23.03000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Siderastrea bertrandiana (70232 70315 163837)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Siderastrea bertrandiana (163838)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France Siderastrea bertrandiana (163846)