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Blastomussa simplicitexta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plerogyridae

Taxonomy
Goniastrea simplicitexta was named by Umbgrove (1942). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Waisiu, Buton Island, which is in a Zanclean carbonate marl in the Sampolakosa Formation of Indonesia.

It was recombined as Parasimplastrea simplicitexta by Sheppard (1985); it was recombined as Blastomussa simplicitexta by Kiessling (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Goniastrea simplicitexta Umbgrove
1985Parasimplastrea simplicitexta Sheppard
2021Blastomussa simplicitexta Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyPlerogyridaeRowlett 2020
genusBlastomussaWells 1961
speciessimplicitexta()

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.

†Blastomussa simplicitexta Umbgrove 1942
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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 Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Goniastrea simplicitexta (45342)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pleistocene11.608 - 0.0117Indonesia (Sumba) Goniastrea simplicitexta (62857)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Goniastrea simplicitexta (45343 45344)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Sulawesi Tenggara) Goniastrea simplicitexta (type locality: 109175)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Parasimplastrea simplicitexta (42736)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Goniastrea simplicitexta (45339)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Parasimplastrea simplicitexta (124880)