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Siderastrea savignyana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Siderastrea savignyana was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Siderastrea savignyana Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderastreaBlainville 1830
speciessavignyanaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849

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 savignyana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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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 Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Siderastrea savignyana (42736)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) Siderastrea savignyana (109441)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Siderastrea savignyana (80955)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Malaysia (Terengganu Darul Iman) Siderastrea savignyana (167463)