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Siderastrea froehlichiana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrea froehlichiana was named by Reuss (1847). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Siderastrea froehlichiana by Kopek (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Astrea froehlichiana Reuss
1954Siderastrea froehlichiana Kopek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderastreaBlainville 1830
speciesfroehlichiana(Reuss 1847)

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.

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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.44000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Siderastrea froehlichiana (124261)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Bayern) Siderastrea froehlichiana (123149)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania Siderastrea froehlichiana (123125)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Slovakia Siderastrea froehlichiana (123208)