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Antiguastrea cellulosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Astrea cellulosa was named by Duncan (1863). It is not extant. It is the type species of Antiguastrea.

It was recombined as Antiguastrea cellulosa by Vaughan (1919) and López-Pérez (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. hufrahensis, A. saucatsensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Astrea cellulosa Duncan p. 378 figs. pl. 86, figs 2-5
1919Antiguastrea cellulosa Vaughan pp. 199, 204, 402, figs. pl. 98, figs 3-4, pl. 99, figs 1-3, pl.
2005Antiguastrea cellulosa López-Pérez p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusAntiguastrea
speciescellulosa(Duncan 1863)

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.

†Antiguastrea cellulosa Duncan 1863
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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: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Burdigalian or 70.60000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico Antiguastrea cellulosa (38869 138913)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Antiguastrea cellulosa (27647 27650)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Antiguastrea cellulosa (27646)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jamaica Antiguastrea cellulosa (27649)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Panama Antiguastrea cellulosa (7274)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Chiapas) Antiguastrea cellulosa (85745)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica Antiguastrea cellulosa (69724)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Haiti Antiguastrea cellulosa (61191)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Dominican Republic Antiguastrea cellulosa (124758)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Cuba Antiguastrea cellulosa (71129)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mexico (Tamaulipas) Antiguastrea cellulosa (124678 124699)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Jamaica Antiguastrea cellulosa (69725)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Venezuela Antiguastrea cellulosa (87067 87096)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Dominican Republic Antiguastrea cellulosa (124747)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mexico (Chiapas) Antiguastrea cellulosa (85756)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Antiguastrea cellulosa (34504 203881 203918 203919 203920)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Mexico (Chiapas) Antiguastrea cellulosa (31271)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Texas) Antiguastrea cellulosa (69932)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Georgia) Antiguastrea cellulosa (71115)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda Antiguastrea cellulosa (203875 203876 203879)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Antiguastrea cellulosa (92509)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Colombia Antiguastrea cellulosa (201398 201399)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Colombia Antiguastrea cellulosa (201392 201393 201396)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Antiguastrea cellulosa (123553 123564)