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Plesiastreidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae

Discussion

Dai CF, Horng S (2009) Scleractinia fauna of Taiwan. II. The robust group. National Taiwan University, Taipei, pp. 1-162.

Taxonomy
Plesiastreidae was named by Dai and Hong (2009). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Kiessling (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Plesiastreidae Dai and Hong
2021Plesiastreidae Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyPlesiastreidaeDai and Hong 2009
familyPlesiastreidaeDai and Hong 2009

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.

Fm. Plesiastreidae Dai and Hong 2009
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G. Plesiastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Plesiastrea costata Duncan 1880
†Plesiastrea grayi Kühn 1933
†Plesiastrea incerta Pratz 1910
†Plesiastrea microcalyx Felix 1884
†Plesiastrea moravica Trauth 1911
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Invalid names: Stylina vaughani Reyeros-Navarro 1963 [synonym]
Plesiastrea versipora Lamarck 1816
Invalid names: Plesiastraeopsis Chevalier 1954 [synonym], Plesiastrea californica Arnold 1906 [nomen nudum]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 125.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (86 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico Stylina vaughani, Plesiastrea sulcatilamellosa (69900)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Mexico (Oaxaca) Plesiastrea sulcatilamellosa (79465)
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Czech Republic Plesiastraeopsis sp., Plesiastraeopsis moravica (67562)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Bulgaria Phyllocoeniopsis constricta (67563)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Plesiastraeopsis sp. (67084)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Serbia and Montenegro Phyllocoenia incerta (87672)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Papua New Guinea Plesiastrea horizontalis (70667)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan (Sind) Plesiastrea eocenica (11290)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Somalia Plesiastrea grayi (79041)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Greece Plesiastrea sp. (79603)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Somalia Plesiastrea grayi (123805)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Iran Plesiastrea sp. (41076)
Chattian - Burdigalian28.1 - 15.97Somalia Plesiastrea grayi (71068)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Iran Plesiastrea fungiformis (25254)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran (Kerman) Plesiastrea costata (87114) Plesiastrea fungiformis (87117) Plesiastrea grayi (87118)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran Plesiastrea decipiens, Plesiastrea fungiformis, Plesiastrea grayi (25257) Plesiastrea sp. (25255 25256 25258)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Pakistan (Sind) Plesiastrea sindiana, Plesiastrea digitata, Plesiastrea anomala, Plesiastrea decipiens, Plesiastrea pedunculata, Plesiastrea costata (11292)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji Plesiastrea versipora (124829)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt Plesiastrea microcalyx (124239)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Australia (Western Australia) Plesiastrea sp. (34466)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Turkey Plesiastrea sp. (62460)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (Auckland) Plesiastrea sp. (85536) Plesiastrea sp. A, Plesiastrea sp. B (85527) Plesiastrea sp. B (85526)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Turkey Plesiastrea sp. (166094 166203)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) Plesiastrea versipora (124824)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Fiji Plesiastrea versipora (124831)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Turkey Plesiastrea sp. (62463 62464)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Turkey Orbicella microcalyx (124508)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania Plesiastrea reussiana (123125)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey Plesiastrea sp. (62466)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia Orbicella versipora (109219 109444)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Plesiastrea versipora (124832 124833)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Egypt Plesiastrea versipora (96758)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Favia versipora (71079) Plesiastrea versipora (108772 108774 108775 108777)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Plesiastrea versipora (42736)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Philippines (Mindanao) Montastrea versipora (45347)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Plesiastrea versipora (124789 124792)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia Plesiastrea versipora (104657)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan Orbicella versipora (63137 63138)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129New Caledonia Plesiastrea versipora (89432)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Plesiastrea versipora (88041 88043)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Plesiastrea versipora (62783)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Plesiastrea verispora (80795)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Pitcairn Plesiastrea versipora (85105 85106)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Plesiastrea versipora (88595 88596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Plesiastrea versipora (103253 103263 103267 103269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan Plesiastrea versipora (192911 192912)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Plesiastrea versipora (90042 90052 90055)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Yorke Peninsula) Plesiastrea versipora (193422 193423 193424)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) Plesiastrea sp. (109222)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cook Islands Plesiastrea sp. (89568)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Japan Plesiastrea versipora (89236)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Plesiastrea sp. (63320)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Plesiastrea sp. (63157 63176) Plesiastrea sp., Plesiastrea versipora (63179)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Montastrea versipora (165433) Plesiastrea versipora (96956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Plesiastrea versipora (97528)