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Montastraea cavernosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Montastraea cavernosa was named by Linnaeus (1767). It is extant.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1767Montastraea cavernosa Linnaeus
1901Orbicella braziliana Verrill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastraeaBlainville 1830
speciescavernosaLinnaeus 1767

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.

Montastraea cavernosa Linnaeus 1767
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Invalid names: Orbicella braziliana Verrill 1901 [synonym]
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 Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Montastraea cavernosa (203920)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Colombia Montastraea cavernosa (201398 201400 201401)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Colombia Montastraea cavernosa (201394 201395 201396)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Colombia Montastraea cavernosa (73792)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Montastraea cavernosa (71374 71384 71386 71398 71410)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica Montastraea cavernosa (71411 71414 71415 71419)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Montastraea cavernosa (73630)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Montastraea cavernosa (71422 71720 71723 71724 71725 71729 71733 71738 71739 71741 71744 71752 71753 71755 71756 71776 71777 71778 71779 73617 73621 73622 73624)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belize Montastraea cavernosa (165863)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Barbados Montastraea cavernosa (148824)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Montastraea cavernosa (176403 185030)