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Meandrina meandrites

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora maeandrites was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Pectinia maeandrites by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851); it was recombined as Meandrina maeandrites by Vaughan (1901); it was recombined as Meandrina meandrites by De Buisonjé (1974) and Veron (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. medlicotti, M. striatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Madrepora maeandrites Linnaeus
1851Pectinia maeandrites Milne-Edwards and Haime
1901Meandrina maeandrites Vaughan
1974Meandrina meandrites De Buisonjé p. 222
2000Meandrina meandrites Veron

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
genusMeandrinaLamarck 1801
speciesmeandrites(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Meandrina meandrites Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Meandrina meandrites (120358)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica Meandrina meandrites (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) Meandrina maeandrites (85449)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Jamaica Meandrina meandrites (34541)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Meandrina meandrites (71724 71729 71751 71758 71759 71773 71778 71779)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Meandrina meandrites (73628 120198 120202 120219)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica Meandrina meandrites (34542)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Meandrina maeandrites (75422)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Barbados Meandrina meandrites (148824)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados Meandrina meandrites (102442)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Sint Eustatius) Meandrina maeandrites (209790 209792 209793)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Meandrina meandrites (82821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Meandrina meandrites (103534 103725 103727 103729 103730 103733)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia Meandrina meandrites (102770 102771 102776 102780 102781)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Meandrina maeandrites (85457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Meandrina meandrites (102696)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Antilles Meandrina meandrites (97604)