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Synastrea foliacea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Synastraeidae

Taxonomy
Agaricia foliacea was named by Quenstedt (1852).

It was recombined as Synastrea foliacea by Geyer (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Agaricia foliacea Quenstedt
1954Synastrea foliacea Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySynastraeidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusSynastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesfoliacea(Quenstedt 1852)

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.

Synastrea foliacea Quenstedt 1852
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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 07:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Synastrea foliacea (68600)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Synastrea foliacea (23904 34398)