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Actinastrea subornata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Stephanocoenia subornata was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Actinastrea subornata by Baron-Szabo (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Stephanocoenia subornata d'Orbigny
2021Actinastrea subornata Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusActinastread'Orbigny 1849
speciessubornata(d'Orbigny 1850)

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 subornata d'Orbigny 1850
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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 Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.00000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Switzerland Actinastrea subornata (221475)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Austria Actinastrea subornata (221476)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Greece Actinastrea subornata (60373)