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Solenastrea fairbanksi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Stephanocoenia fairbanksi was named by Vaughan (1900). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Solenastrea fairbanksi by Vaughan (1917) and López-Pérez (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Stephanocoenia fairbanksi Vaughan
1917Solenastrea fairbanksi Vaughan
2005Solenastrea fairbanksi López-Pérez p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900
genusSolenastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesfairbanksi(Vaughan 1900)

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.

Solenastrea fairbanksi Vaughan 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 08:25:59
Modified: 2009-12-16 11:54:53
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Solenastrea fairbanksi (34852 34853 34855 96550 124511 124512)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Solenastrea fairbanksi (101414)