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Montastrea pediculata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Astrea pediculata was named by Deshayes (1831).

It was recombined as Phyllocoenia pediculata by d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Phyllocoeniopsis pediculata by Turnsek and Polsak (1978); it was recombined as Montastrea pediculata by Baron-Szabo (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Astrea pediculata Deshayes
1850Phyllocoenia pediculata d'Orbigny
1978Phyllocoeniopsis pediculata Turnsek and Polsak
2009Montastrea pediculata Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciespediculata(Deshayes 1831)

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 pediculata Deshayes 1831
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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 Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 86.30000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Georgia Phyllocoenia pediculata (91628)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Croatia Phyllocoeniopsis pediculata (11410)