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Siderastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Siderastrea Blainville
1923Siderastrea Clark and Arnold p. 175
1931Siderastrea Faustino p. 285
1956Siderastrea Wells p. F384
1957Plesiothamnasteria Alloiteau
1997Siderastrea Turnsek
2002Plesiothamnasteria Sepkoski
2002Siderastrea Sepkoski
2005Siderastrea López-Pérez p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderastreaBlainville 1830

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. Siderastrea Blainville 1830
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Subg. †Siderastrea (Siderastrea) deBlainville 1830
Siderastrea adkinsi Wells 1934
Siderastrea banksi Weisbord 1973
Siderastrea bertrandiana Michelin 1847
Siderastrea clarki Nomland 1916
Siderastrea columnaris Felix 1913
Siderastrea conferta Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Siderastrea hexagonalis Vaughan 1900 [synonym]
Siderastrea crenulata Goldfuss 1826
Siderastrea dalli Vaughan 1919
Siderastrea dubiosa Chevalier 1968
Siderastrea grandis Duncan 1863
Siderastrea italica Defrance 1826
Siderastrea mendenhalli Vaughan 1917
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Invalid names: Siderastrea californica Vaughan 1917 [synonym]
Siderastrea micrommata Felix 1913
Siderastrea miocenica Osasco 1896
Siderastrea pliocenica Vaughan 1919
Siderastrea propitia Zuffardi-Comerci 1937
Siderastrea radcliffi Faustino 1931
Siderastrea radians Pallas 1766
Siderastrea savignyana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Siderastrea scotia Wells 1945
Siderastrea senecta Morycowa 1971
Siderastrea siderea Ellis and Solander 1786
Siderastrea silecensis Vaughan 1919
Siderastrea splendida Pocta 1887
Siderastrea stellata Verrill 1868
Siderastrea tuckerae Wells 1933
Siderastrea vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923
Invalid names: Plesiothamnasteria Alloiteau 1957 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
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: 2008-01-28 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 129.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 113.0 Ma

Collections (400 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Slovenia S. senecta (68728)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) S. tuckerae (123322 123360)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany S. splendida (74193)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic S. splendida (34737)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic S. splendida (35144)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman S. sp. (67010)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Jamaica (St. James Parish) Synastrea adkinsi (88337)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica (Clarendon Parish) Synastrea adkinsi (163079)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica S. adkinsi (27647 27655 27658)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico S. adkinsi (38870) S. adkinsi, S. vancouverensis (138913)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica S. adkinsi (27645)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jamaica S. adkinsi (27649)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7Egypt S. sp. (34684)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (La Pampa) S. adkinsi (52354)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Puerto Rico Synastrea adkinsi (87547)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Slovenia S. sp. (79277)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) S. hexagonalis (87802)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Egypt S. sp. (69637)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Veneto) S. sp. (180311)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy S. funesta (227866)