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Astrocoenia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Astrocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1941Astrocoenia Wells p. 305
1987Astrocoenia Squires p. 19
1992Astrocoenia Squires and Demetrion p. 17
1999Astrocoenia Squires p. 10
2002Astrocoenia Sepkoski
2005Astrocoenia López-Pérez p. 80
2006Astrocoenia Baron-Szabo p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAstrocoeniidaeKoby 1890
genusAstrocoeniaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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. †Astrocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Astrocoenia aegyptiaca Felix 1884
Astrocoenia aspera d'Achiardi 1875
Astrocoenia bistellata Catullo 1856
Astrocoenia blanfordi Duncan 1880
Astrocoenia budaensis Wells 1933
Astrocoenia dachiardii Duncan 1873
Astrocoenia decaturensis Vaughan 1919
Astrocoenia dickersoni Wells 1941
Astrocoenia dilloni Durham 1942
Astrocoenia dixae Wells 1935
Astrocoenia excavata Fromentel 1857
Astrocoenia expansa d'Aehiardi 1875
Astrocoenia gerthi Kühn 1933
Astrocoenia gibbosa Duncan 1880
Astrocoenia gregoryi Latham 1929
Astrocoenia hexactis Frech 1890
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Invalid names: Cyathocoenia hexactis Frech 1890 [synonym]
Astrocoenia idahoensis Squires 1956
Astrocoenia immersa Fritsch 1878
Astrocoenia incrustans Duncan 1863
Astrocoenia laminosa d'Achiardi 1866
Astrocoenia lobatorotundata Michelin 1842
Astrocoenia meinzeri Vaughan 1919
Astrocoenia miocenica Zuffardi-Comerci 1937
Astrocoenia nana Reuss 1868
Astrocoenia nathani Kühn 1965
Astrocoenia newtoni Gregory 1925
Astrocoenia nidiformis Cragin 1895
Astrocoenia numisma Defrance 1826
Astrocoenia oppelii Laube 1865
Astrocoenia palmata Catullo 1856
Astrocoenia peruviana Wells 1941
Astrocoenia petrosa Gabb 1864
Astrocoenia reussiana d'Achiardi 1866
Astrocoenia scyphoidea Wells 1932
Astrocoenia somalica Thomas 1935
Astrocoenia spongilla Oppenheim 1901
Astrocoenia subreticulata d'Achiardi 1875
Astrocoenia tuberosa Catullo 1857
Astrocoenia zitteli Pratz 1883
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 09:47:11
Modified: 2008-01-26 11:47:11
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 221.50000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (179 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Alaska) A. sp. (112249)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6USA (Idaho) A. idahoensis (38377)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria A. sp. (170674)
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5USA (California) A. sp. (38347)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Somalia A. somalica, A. newtoni (93020)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Japan (Fukushima) A. sp. (85574)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland A. excavata (76921) A. magnifica (76922)
Late/Upper Barremian - Aptian130.0 - 113.0Chile (Copiapó) A. sp. (222944)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0United Kingdom (England) A. sp. (1854)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Switzerland A. subornata, A. jaccardi, A. excavata (76998)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Germany (Bayern) Actinastrea nathani (123151)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Israel A. gerthi (99604)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti A. meinzeri (60107)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Portugal A. sp. (70666)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles A. sp. (209174 209192)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Aruba A. sp. (209166 209169)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588French Polynesia A. sp. (84951)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti A. decaturensis (66809)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Timor) A. sp. (62863)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) A. meinzeri (79958)