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Siderastrea splendida

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Isastrea splendida was named by Pocta (1887).

It was recombined as Siderastrea splendida by Eliasova (1992) and Löser (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Isastrea splendida Pocta
1992Siderastrea splendida Eliasova
2016Siderastrea splendida Löser

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderastreaBlainville 1830
speciessplendida(Pocta 1887)

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 splendida Pocta 1887
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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 Late/Upper Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower 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 Siderastrea splendida (34737)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany Siderastrea splendida (74193)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic Siderastrea splendida (35144)