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Montastrea inaequalis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Heliastrea inaequalis was named by von Guembel (1861). Its type locality is Monte Carlotta, which is in a Rupelian perireef or subreef limestone in the Castelgomberto Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Montastrea inaequalis by Barta-Calmus (1973).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Heliastrea inaequalis von Guembel
1868Heliastrea immersa Reuss
1973Montastrea inaequalis Barta-Calmus

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciesinaequalis(von Guembel 1861)

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.

Montastrea inaequalis von Guembel 1861
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Invalid names: Heliastrea immersa Reuss 1868 [synonym]
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 Rupelian to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy Montastrea inaequalis (70053)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Veneto) Heliastrea immersa (91634) Heliastrea inaequalis (type locality: 91649) Montastrea inaequalis (91899)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy Montastrea inaequalis (69940 69941 69942 69944 69947 69948 69949 69950 69951 69953 69965)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Turkey (Denizli) Montastrea inaequalis (88771 88772)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Italy Montastrea inaequalis (27546 36242)