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Hispaniastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Hispaniastraea was named by Turnsek et al. (1975) [Sepkoski's age data: J Sine-u J Plie-l Sepkoski's reference number: 658,825].

It was assigned to Amphiastraeidae by Prinz (1991); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Hispaniastraea Turnsek et al. p. 22
1991Hispaniastraea Prinz p. 167
2002Hispaniastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusHispaniastraea

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. †Hispaniastraea Turnsek et al. 1975
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Hispaniastraea ramosa Turnsek et al. 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Sinemurian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 199.30000 to 183.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Peru H. ramosa (36961)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Spain (Murcia) H. ramosa (38080)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Morocco H. ousriorum (225819)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Chile H. ramosa (58548)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Slovenia H. ramosa (87254)