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Stelidioseris melkarthi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Stephanocoenia melkarthi was named by Felix (1909).

It was recombined as Stelidioseris melkarthi by Löser et al. (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Stephanocoenia melkarthi Felix
1981Heliocoenia actinastrae Turnsek and Mihajlovic
1996Actinastrea actinastrae Baron-Szabo and Steuber
2021Stelidioseris melkarthi Löser et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusStelidioserisTomes 1893
speciesmelkarthi(Felix 1909)

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.

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Invalid names: Heliocoenia actinastrae Turnsek and Mihajlovic 1981 [synonym]
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 Valanginian to the top of the Cenomanian or 139.80000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Spain Stelidioseris melkarthi (220703)
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Bulgaria (Lovech) Actinastrea actinastrae (91676)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Serbia and Montenegro Heliocoenia actinastrae (74793 74794 74798)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece Actinastrea actinastrae (34719)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Actinastrea actinastrae (94265)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Sachsen) Actinastrea actinastrae (74192)