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Diploastrea multisepta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae

Taxonomy
Prionastraea multisepta was named by Sismonda (1871).

It was recombined as Thegioastraea multisepta by Chevalier (1961); it was recombined as Diploastrea multisepta by Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Prionastraea multisepta Sismonda
1961Thegioastraea multisepta Chevalier
2014Diploastrea multisepta Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyDiploastraeidaeChevalier and Beauvais 1987
genusDiploastreaMatthai 1914
speciesmultisepta(Sismonda 1871)

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.

Diploastrea multisepta Sismonda 1871
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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 Chattian to the top of the Serravallian or 28.10000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Thegioastraea multisepta (163836)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Thegioastraea multisepta (70232 163837)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Aquitaine) Thegioastraea multisepta (70203)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Thegioastraea multisepta (163838)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Thegioastraea multisepta (70450)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Egypt Thegioastraea multisepta (50925)