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Actinastrea paucipaliformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Columastrea paucipaliformis was named by Baron-Szabo and González-León (1999). Its type locality is Cerro de Oro I, Mexico, which is in a Barremian/Aptian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Cerro de Oro Formation of Mexico.

It was synonymized subjectively with Columastrea indica by Baron-Szabo (2009); it was recombined as Actinastrea paucipaliformis by Löser (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Columastrea paucipaliformis Baron-Szabo and González-León p. 472
2010Actinastrea paucipaliformis Löser p. 582

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusActinastread'Orbigny 1849
speciespaucipaliformis()

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.

Actinastrea paucipaliformis Baron-Szabo and González-León 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 09:44:35
Modified: 2008-01-26 11:44:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 129.40000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) Actinastrea paucipaliformis (177726)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Mexico Columastrea paucipaliformis (type locality: 21253)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Mexico (Sonora) Columastrea paucipaliformis (35101)