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Montastrea tabulata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Heliastrea tabulata was named by Martin (1880).

It was recombined as Orbicella tabulata by Gerth (1923); it was recombined as Montastrea tabulata by Kiessling (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Heliastrea tabulata Martin
1923Orbicella tabulata Gerth
2008Montastrea tabulata Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciestabulata(Martin 1880)

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 tabulata Martin 1880
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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 Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Pliocene or 37.20000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Indonesia Orbicella tabulata (71057)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Aquitanian28.4 - 20.44Indonesia (West Java) Orbicella tabulata (123122)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Orbicella tabulata (109113)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Orbicella tabulata (71056)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Orbicella tabulata (71079)