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Diploastrea roasendai

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae

Taxonomy
Thegioastraea roasendai was named by Michelotti (1871).

It was recombined as Diploastrea roasendai by Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Thegioastraea roasendai Michelotti
2014Diploastrea roasendai Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyDiploastraeidaeChevalier and Beauvais 1987
genusDiploastreaMatthai 1914
speciesroasendai(Michelotti 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 roasendai Michelotti 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 Middle Miocene or 28.10000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Thegioastraea roasendai (163836)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Thegioastraea roasendai (70450)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Thegioastraea roasendai (70191 163838)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Saudi Arabia Thegioastraea roasendai (197909)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France Thegioastraea roasendai (70318)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Thegioastraea roasendai (60744 60773 60774)