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Actinastrea octolamellosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrea octolamellosa was named by Michelin (1846).

It was recombined as Actinastrea octolamellosa by Turnsek and Polsak (1978).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Astrea octolamellosa Michelin
1978Actinastrea octolamellosa Turnsek and Polsak

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusActinastread'Orbigny 1849
speciesoctolamellosa(Michelin 1846)

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.

Actinastrea octolamellosa Michelin 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 09:44:35
Modified: 2008-01-26 11:44:35
Source: f = family, 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
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Slovenia Actinastrea octolamellosa (23071)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Croatia Actinastrea octolamellosa (11410)