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Heliastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Heliastrea Milne Edwards and Haime
1961Heliastrea Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyHeliastraeidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusHeliastreaMilne Edwards and Haime 1857

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.

G. †Heliastrea Milne Edwards and Haime 1857
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†Heliastraea defrancei Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
†Heliastraea hilarionensis d'Achiardi 1867
Subg. †Heliastrea (Athecastraea) Chevalier 1961
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†Heliastrea (Athecastraea) vesiculosa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
†Heliastrea autignacensis Chevalier 1961
†Heliastrea boueana Reuss 1864
†Heliastrea carnegiei Latham 1929
†Heliastrea deformis Chevalier 1961
†Heliastrea defrancei Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
†Heliastrea delicata Osasco 1897
†Heliastrea farquharsoni Latham 1929
†Heliastrea grandis Chevalier 1961
†Heliastrea laticosta Chevalier 1961
†Heliastrea lusitaniae Chevalier 1964
†Heliastrea mellahica Gregory 1906
†Heliastrea nerthensis Chevalier 1961
†Heliastrea oligophylla Reuss 1871
†Heliastrea parva Chevalier 1961
†Heliastrea pelouaensis Chevalier 1954
†Heliastrea saubriguensis Chevalier 1961
†Heliastrea saucatsensis Chevalier 1954
†Heliastrea solenastroides Chevalier 1954
†Heliastrea taurinensis Chevalier 1954
†Heliastrea virga Reyman 1975
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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 132.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77Switzerland H. irregularis (77113)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Chile H. ortiva (34633)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Tajikistan H. virga (86687)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Georgia H. simonyi (91628) H. sp. (91629)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Serbia and Montenegro H. lilli (79221)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Greece H. sp. (64293)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Serbia and Montenegro H. sp. (87672)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Bosnia and Herzegovina Heliastraea hilarionensis (179744)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Italy Heliastraea sp., Heliastraea alpina (146598)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Libya Athecastraea maradahensis, H. mellahica (10964)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Veneto) H. boueana (91634 91646 91651)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Somalia H. puritana (123834) Orbicella farquharsoni (71062)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Somalia (Nugaal) H. farquharsoni (123799)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Libya Athecastraea hufrahensis (42132)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Somalia H. plana (123801 123805)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Heliastraea brevis, Heliastraea columnaris, Heliastraea pelouaensis, Heliastraea fragilis, Heliastraea dallagoi (163836) H. stellata (70067) H. vesiculosa (22968)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Libya H. autignacensis (34498)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Heliastraea inaequalis, Heliastraea saucatsensis, Heliastraea pelouaensis, Heliastraea dallagoi (163837) Heliastraea sp. (161396) H. saucatsensis (70232 70241) H. sp., H. nerthensis (70315)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Spain H. mellanica (69927) H. sp., H. asteroides, H. mellanica, H. deformis (69928)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Cyprus H. grandis (69774)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97France H. saucatsensis (70222)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Somalia H. sp. (78903 79079)
Aquitanian - Serravallian23.03 - 11.62Libya H. sp., Athecastraea maradahensis, H. autignacensis, H. deformis (34499)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Heliastraea tabulata (81712)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran (Khuzestan) Orbicella defrancei (87127)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Aquitaine) Athecastraea vesiculosa, H. saucatsensis, H. delicata, H. nerthensis (70203)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Heliastraea delicata, Heliastraea pelouaensis, Heliastraea saucatsensis, Heliastraea solenastroides, Heliastraea laticosta, Heliastraea nerthensis, Heliastraea dallagoi, Heliastraea alloiteaui, Heliastraea vesiculosa (163838) Heliastraea sp. 1, Heliastraea sp. 2 (151415) H. pelouaensis, H. laticosta, H. saucatsensis, H. delicata, H. nerthensis, H. solenastroides (70191)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Cyprus H. grandis (223596)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy H. fragilis, H. raristella, Athecastraea patelliformis, H. laticosta, H. deformis, H. taurinensis, H. delicata (70450)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Turkey H. sp. (62460)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Spain H. oligophylla, H. mellahica (70411 70412 70413) H. sp., H. oligophylla (70415) H. sp., H. oligophylla, H. mellahica (70414 70416)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France H. vesiculosa, H. saubriguensis, H. parva (70313)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Spain H. sp. (69779)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Romania H. sp. (70056 70058)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France Heliastraea saucatsensis (163846)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Turkey H. sp. (62463 62464)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France H. saucatsensis (70511) H. sp. (70317) H. sp., H. oligophylla (70319 70410) H. sp., H. oligophylla, H. mellahica, H. autignacensis, H. grandis (70318)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Somalia H. carnegiei (79082) H. defrancei (123802) H. plana (78948)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Saudi Arabia Heliastraea sp., Heliastraea oligophylla (197906 197909)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Turkey Orbicella defrancei (124505)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France Heliastraea saubriguensis, Heliastraea fragilis (163845)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Portugal H. oligophylla, H. lusitaniae (92099)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine Heliastraea defrancei (70569)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246France Heliastraea oligophylla, Heliastraea sp. (161595)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Bulgaria H. sp. (70048)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland H. sp. (32515)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece H. sp., H. oligophylla (60744 60745 60746 60773 60774 60775)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco Heliastraea sp. (161327)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Italy H. sp. (69924 70494)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti H. limbata (60097 60102) H. sp. (60104)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy H. sp. (69899 70417)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti H. limbata (66809)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia H. sp. (90042)