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Provinciastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Provinciastraea was named by Chevalier (1954) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo Sepkoski's reference number: 658].

It was assigned to Montastreinae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Provinciastraea Chevalier
1956Provinciastraea Wells
2002Provinciastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900
subfamilyMontastreinaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusProvinciastraeaChevalier 1954

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. †Provinciastraea Chevalier 1954
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 08:25:59
Modified: 2009-12-16 11:54:53
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2008
Collections
No collection or age range data are available