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Coelastrea aspera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Goniastrea aspera was named by Verrill (1866). It is extant.

It was recombined as Coelastrea aspera by Huang et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Goniastrea aspera Verrill
1889Goniastrea incrustans Duncan
1905Goniastrea aspera Verrill
2014Coelastrea aspera Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCoelastreaVerrill 1866
speciesaspera(Verrill 1866)

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.

Coelastrea aspera Verrill 1866
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Invalid names: Goniastrea incrustans Duncan 1889 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Goniastrea aspera (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Coelastrea aspera (234198)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Goniastrea aspera (62769)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt (Red Sea) Coelastrea aspera (234197)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt Goniastrea aspera (120203)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Goniastrea incrustans (63187)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Goniastrea aspera (97666)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Goniastrea aspera (88595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Goniastrea aspera (103251 103254 103255 103261 103265 103268)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan Goniastrea aspera (192909 192910 192911)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt (Red Sea) Coelastrea aspera (234288)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Coelastrea aspera (234287)