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Acanthastrea horrida

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Mycetophyllia horrida was named by Reuss (1860). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Acanthastrea horrida by Kühn (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Mycetophyllia horrida Reuss
1963Acanthastrea horrida Kühn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusAcanthastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
specieshorrida(Reuss 1860)

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.

Acanthastrea horrida Reuss 1860
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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: Badenian or 13.65000 to 12.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Austria (Burgenland) Acanthastrea horrida (37418)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Austria Acanthastrea horrida (124259 124260)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria Acanthastrea horrida (90487)