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Actinastreidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Actinastraeidae Alloiteau
1997Actinastraeidae Turnsek
2002Actinastreidae Baron-Szabo
2006Actinastreidae Baron-Szabo p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)

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. †Actinastreidae Alloiteau 1952
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G. †Actinastrea d'Orbigny 1849
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Actinastraea minima Beauvais 1986
Actinastraea pyrenaica Chevalier 1962
Actinastrea aequibernensis Hackemesser 1936
Actinastrea asteriscus Weissermel 1900
Actinastrea bastidensis Alloiteau 1954
Actinastrea benaixensis Alloiteau 1954
Actinastrea besairiei Alloiteau 1958
Actinastrea cavernata Eliasova 1974
Actinastrea crassoramosa Michelin 1843
Actinastrea cribellum Pocta 1887
Actinastrea elongata Alloiteau 1954
Actinastrea engolismensis Alloiteau 1954
Actinastrea exigua Alloiteau 1954
Actinastrea fromenteli Alloiteau 1954
Actinastrea furcata Etallon 1859
Actinastrea geminata Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Actinastrea hexaphylloides Felix 1906 [synonym]
Actinastrea gibbosa Duncan 1867
Actinastrea goldfussi Orbigny 1850
Actinastrea guadalupae Roemer 1849
Actinastrea hexacnema Quenstedt 1881
Actinastrea hexamera Fritzsche 1924
Actinastrea hexaphylla Quenstedt 1881
Actinastrea hourcqi Alloiteau 1958
Actinastrea inrasa Eliasova 1974
Actinastrea lacvivieri Alloiteau 1954
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Invalid names: Actinastrea chumbitaroensis Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009 [synonym]
Actinastrea matheyi Koby 1885
Actinastrea octolamellosa Michelin 1846
Actinastrea parasitica Duncan 1867
Actinastrea paucipaliformis Baron-Szabo and González-León 1999
Actinastrea pedunculata Duncan 1867
Actinastrea pentagonalis Goldfuss 1829
Actinastrea piveteaui Alloiteau 1954
Actinastrea plana Duncan 1867
Actinastrea ramosa Sowerby 1832
Actinastrea regularis Fromentel 1887
Actinastrea sakalavensis Alloiteau 1958
Actinastrea subdecaphylla Oppenheim 1930
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Invalid names: Actinastrea menabensis Alloiteau 1958 [synonym]
Actinastrea subornata d'Orbigny 1850
Actinastrea trochiformis Michelin 1843
Invalid names: Enallocoenia d'Orbigny 1849 [synonym]
G. †Agrostyliastraea Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002
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Agrostyliastraea irregularis Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002
G. †Allocoenia Etallon 1858
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Allocoenia plana Beauvais 1972
Allocoenia trochiformis Etallon 1864
G. †Allocoeniopsis Alloiteau 1958
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Allocoeniopsis expansa Tomes 1878
Allocoeniopsis favoidea Duncan 1867
Allocoeniopsis globosa Beauvais 1976
Allocoeniopsis insignis Duncan 1867
Allocoeniopsis luciensis d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Allocoeniopsis bernensis Koby 1885 [synonym], Pseudocoenia bernensis Etallon 1850 [synonym], Stephanocoenia oolitica Koby 1905 [synonym]
G. †Araucanastrea Morsch 1996
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Araucanastrea majuscula Morsch 1996
Araucanastrea minuscula Morsch 1996
G. †Chondrocoenia Roniewicz 1989
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Chondrocoenia clavellata Terquem and Piette 1865
Chondrocoenia idahoensis Squires 1956
Chondrocoenia ohmanni Frech 1890
Chondrocoenia paradoxa Melnikova 1968
Chondrocoenia reptans Duncan 1867
Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli Winckler 1861
Chondrocoenia waltheri Frech 1890
G. †Coenastraea Etallon 1859
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Coenastraea abakkaynata El-Asa'ad 1991
Coenastraea arabica El-Asa'ad 1991
Coenastraea hyatti Wells 1942
Coenastraea madagascariensis Alloiteau 1958
Coenastraea martis Thurmann and Etallon 1864
G. †Columactinastraea Alloiteau 1952
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Columactinastraea fallax Umbgrove 1925
Columactinastraea favulus Thurmann 1864
Columactinastraea formosa Goldfuss 1826
Columactinastraea rennensis Alloiteau 1952
Invalid names: Placocolumastrea Reig Oriol 1989 [synonym]
G. †Floriastrea Löser et al. 2009
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Floriastrea iberica Löser et al. 2021
Floriastrea planinensis Turnsek 1981
Floriastrea sexradiata Sikharulidze 1985
Invalid names: Floria Turnsek 1981 [replaced]
G. †Holocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Holocoenia hilli Wells 1934
Holocoenia jaccardi Koby 1897
Holocoenia micrantha Roemer 1841
Holocoenia parvula Stoliczka 1873
G. †Protostephanastrea Melnikova and Roniewicz 2020
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Protostephanastrea leveni Melnikova and Roniewicz 2020
G. †Sedekastrea Melnikova and Roniewicz 2020
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Sedekastrea djalilovi Melnikova and Roniewicz 2020
Sedekastrea klunnikovi Melnikova and Roniewicz 2020
G. †Stelidioseris Tomes 1893
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Stelidioseris decaphylla Michelin 1846
Stelidioseris gibbosa Duncan 1867
Stelidioseris hourqi Alloiteau 1958
Stelidioseris japonica Eguchi 1951
Stelidioseris kunthi Bölsche 1871
Stelidioseris major Morycowa 1971
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Invalid names: Heliocoenia actinastrae Turnsek and Mihajlovic 1981 [synonym]
Stelidioseris minima Fromentel 1857
Stelidioseris pattoni Wells 1933
Stelidioseris retifera Stoliczka 1873
Stelidioseris tendagurensis Dietrich 1926
Stelidioseris tourtiensis Bölsche 1871
Stelidioseris whitneyi Wells 1932
G. †Stephanastrea Etallon 1862
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Stephanastrea jurassica Roniewicz 1976
Stephanastrea montuosa Beauvais 1966
Stephanastrea ramulifera Etallon 1864
Stephanastrea simonneliana d'Orbigny 1850
Stephanastrea zangbeiensis Liao and Xia 1985
G. †Texastrea Wells 1973
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 Carnian to the top of the Burdigalian or 237.00000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (446 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Actinastrea sp. (170920)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4Germany Prionastraea schafhaeutli (202142)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Austria (Calcareous Alps) Actinastraea juvavica (38148)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Canada (British Columbia) Chondrocoenia waltheri (22994)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Peru Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli (144408 144409 144410)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Mexico (Sonora) Chondrocoenia waltheri (39170 39175 39176 39179 100116)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Canada (Yukon) Chondrocoenia sp., Chondrocoenia schafhaeuti, Chondrocoenia waltheri (38033)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Slovenia Chondrocoenia paradoxa (36566)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Idaho) Actinastraea idahoensis, Actinastraea schafhaeutli (99505)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Chile Actinastrea sp. (34638)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Netherlands (Limburg) Actinastrea goldfussi (85275)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Actinastraea hexaphylloides (76889)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0India (Gujarat) Actinastrea sp. (171803)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (Sind) Astrocoenia ramosa (11289)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Egypt Actinastrea sp. (69637)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Somalia Astrocoenia ramosa (71063)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Astrocoenia decaphylla (124263)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Czech Republic Actinastrea cavernata, Actinastrea inrasa (69514)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Actinastraea pyrenaica (161396)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Cyprus Actinastrea tarbellensis (223596)