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Meandrastrea pseudomeandrina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Astrea pseudomeandrina was named by Michelin (1841).

It was recombined as Meandrastrea pseudomeandrina by Alloiteau (1941).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Astrea pseudomeandrina Michelin
1941Meandrastrea pseudomeandrina Alloiteau

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
subfamilyMontlivaltiinaeDietrich 1926
genusMeandrastread'Orbigny 1849
speciespseudomeandrina(Michelin 1841)

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: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Turonian or 99.60000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic Meandrastrea pseudomeandrina (34737 35165)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Meandrastrea pseudomeandrina (35110)