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Caulastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Synonyms
  • Dasyphyllia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Caulastrea by Wells (1956).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Caulastraea Dana
1848Dasyphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Caulastraea Wells
2000Caulastrea Veron p. 91
2002Caulastrea Sepkoski
2014Caulastraea Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCaulastrea(Dana 1846)

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. Caulastrea Dana 1846
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Caulastraea geoffreyi Bromfield 2013
Caulastraea tournoueri Matheron 1961
Caulastrea brevicaulis Felix 1915
Caulastrea connata Ortmann 1892
Caulastrea deformis Reuss 1868
Caulastrea farsis Schuster 2002
Caulastrea fusinieri Catullo 1847
Caulastrea leptoclada Felix 1921
Caulastrea matheroni Chevalier 1961
Caulastrea portoricensis Coryell 1929
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Invalid names: Calamophyllia fasciculata Reuss 1864 [synonym]
Caulastrea tumida Matthai 1928
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Invalid names: Caulastrea yokoyamai Yabe and Sugiyama 1931 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dasyphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [synonym]
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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 55.8 Ma

Collections (159 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Egypt C. sp. (69637)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Veneto) C. sp. (180311)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Caulastraea brevis (227866)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Italy Calamophyllia pseudoflabellum (146598)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Cataluna) C. sp. (76987)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Caulastraea brevis, Caulastraea granulosa, Caulastraea medunensis, Caulastraea sp., C. fusinieri (75454)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Slovenia Calamophyllia pseudoflabellum (71666)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan (Sind) Calamophyllia indica (11290)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Jamaica Caulastraea sp. (69727)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Indonesia (Sulawesi) C. indica (26857)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) C. pseudoflabellum (10703)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy C. fusinieri (13354) C. sp. (224872)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain C. sp. (152582)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Pakistan C. gemmans (11291)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1Greece Caulastraea sp. (166722)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Hungary Calamophyllia pseudoflabellum (123836 123837 123843)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Indonesia Dasyphyllia gemmans (71057)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica C. portoricensis (69724)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Slovenia C. sp. (122231 122232 122233 122234)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy (Vicenza) C. sp. (69701)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Iran C. sp. (111335)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Veneto) Calamophyllia fasciculata, Dasyphyllia deformis (91634) C. pseudoflabellum, C. fusinieri (91899)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy C. pseudoflabellum, C. fusinieri (70053)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Greece C. sp., C. pseudoflabellum (79603)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy C. pseudoflabellum (69941 69950)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) C. portoricensis (34503)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico C. sp. (45402 45403)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Jamaica C. sp. A, C. portoricensis (69725)
Chattian - Rupelian28.1 - 28.1Greece Caulastraea sp. (166723 166724)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Caulastraea portoricensis (203920)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Caulastraea sp., Caulastraea tournoueri (163836) Caulastraea tournoueri (70067)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Saudi Arabia C. sp. (34409)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Iran C. farsis (41076)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Italy Caulastraea sp. (211274 211275 211276 211277) C. fusinieri (27541 27543 27544 27546) C. pseudoflabellum (69702) C. sp. (25371 25374)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda Caulastraea portoricensis (203876 203879)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Caulastraea matheroni (163837) Caulastraea tournoueri (161396) C. matheroni (70241) C. sp., C. matheroni (70315)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97France C. matheroni (70222)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia C. sp. (86769)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran C. retiformis (25257) C. sp. (25258 41077 79649)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Pakistan (Sind) C. sp. (11292)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji C. n. sp. A, Caulastraea cummingae (124828)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Aquitaine) C. matheroni (70203)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Caulastraea matheroni (163838)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago C. portoricensis (27585 27588 27591 27592 27595)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Turkey C. sp. (166093 166203)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Turkey C. sp. (62464)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Egypt C. sp. (34873 50903 50926)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Austria (Burgenland) C. sp. (37418)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia C. leptoclada (109008)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (Puerto Rico) C. portoricensis (71245)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia (South Sulawesi) C. n. sp. A (124781) C. n. sp. B, C. tumida, Caulastraea geoffreyi (124782)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama C. portoricensis (120358 120360 120361 120390 120392 120394)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic C. portoricensis (84977)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic C. portoricensis (41070 41071)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Netherlands Antilles C. portoricensis (41032)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Caulastraea portoricensis (71384 71386 71387 71394 71398 71409 71410) C. portoricensis (71396 71397)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica C. portoricensis (34540)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Dasyphyllia brevicaulis (109650)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Dominican Republic C. portoricensis (93739)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Caulastraea sp. (62802)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica C. portoricensis (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Bahamas Caulastraea portoricensis (73648 73649 73651 73659 73661)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles C. portoricensis (41046 41050 41051)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica Caulastraea portoricensis (71411 71412 71413 71414 71417 71419 71420 71421)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Netherlands Antilles C. portoricensis (41054 41057)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Caulastraea portoricensis (73629 73631) C. portoricensis (120200 120202 120214 120217 120272 120278 120280 120285 120355)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica C. portoricensis (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Caulastraea portoricensis (71422 71724 71772 71773 73618 73619 73620 73624)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan C. connata (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia C. sp. (198539)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan C. yokoyamai (63137 63138)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) C. furcata (41605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Pakistan C. sp. (192911 192912)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Japan C. furcata, C. tumida (88595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) C. furcata (184506)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) C. tumida (97528)