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Astrea breaensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Astrea breaensis was named by Carson (1926). Its type specimen is LSJU 116 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mouth of Brea Canyon, Puente Hills, which is in a Pliocene marginal marine horizon in the Pico Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Astrea breaensis Carson pp. 57 - 59 figs. Plate 4. Figs 3 and 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusAstreaLamarck 1801
speciesbreaensis

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.

Astrea breaensis Carson 1926
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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: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Astrea breaensis (type locality: 204364)