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Solenastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Solenastrea was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Faviidae by Veron (2000), López-Pérez (2005), Powell (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Solenastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime
1880Dachiardia Duncan
2000Solenastrea Veron p. 250
2002Solenastrea Sepkoski
2005Solenastrea López-Pérez p. 83
2008Solenastrea Powell p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900
genusSolenastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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. Solenastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Solenastraea turonensis Michelin 1847
†Solenastrea anomala Felix 1904
Solenastrea bournoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
†Solenastrea densa Duncan 1880
†Solenastrea desmoulinsi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
†Solenastrea fairbanksi Vaughan 1900
Solenastrea pleiades Ellis and Sollandes 1786
†Solenastrea romettensis Seguenza 1864
†Solenastrea schafferi Kühn 1926
†Solenastrea tizeroutinensis Chevalier 1961
†Solenastrea uananensis Zuffardi-Comerci 1937
Invalid names: Dachiardia Duncan 1880 [synonym]
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, Kiessling 2008, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (156 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Papua New Guinea Dachiardia macgregori (70667)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Indonesia S. semarangensis (71057)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Hungary S. montevialensis (123837 123843 123846)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jamaica S. bournoni (69724)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Somalia S. uananensis (78951)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Plesiastraea desmoulinsi (163836)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Jamaica S. bournoni (69725)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Portugal Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (92102)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (70232) Plesiastraea desmoulinsi (163837)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Cyprus S. tizeroutinensis (69774)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba (La Habana) S. hyades (124676)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela S. sp. (87050)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia (Java) Solenastraea koberi (62859)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Jamaica S. bournoni (69729)
Aquitanian - Serravallian23.04 - 11.63Libya S. tizeroutinensis (34499)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Dominican Republic S. bournoni (84993 94011)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia (South Kalimantan) S. semarangensis (109042)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Portugal (Setubal) Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (92101)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Cyprus S. tizeroutinensis (223596)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Pakistan (Sind) Dachiardia densa (11292)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy S. sp., S. microcalix, S. corrugata, Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (70450)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran S. romettensis, S. desmoulinsi (41077) S. sp. (79649)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Aquitaine) Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (70203)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Sri Lanka S. sp. (77477)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (70191) Plesiastraea desmoulinsi (163838)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt S. anomala (124239) S. schafferi (79599)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Dominican Republic S. bournoni (94143) S. bournoni, S. hyades (93774)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Spain Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis (70413) S. sp., Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis (70411)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago S. bournoni (27585 27595)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Türkiye S. sp. (166094 166203)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Poland Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (38822)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Dominican Republic S. bournoni (93796) S. hyades (93773)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Cuba S. bournoni, S. hyades (71132)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Türkiye Cyphastrea schafferi (124449 124456 124505)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Saudi Arabia Solenastraea turonensis (197909)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Cuba (Santiago de Cuba) S. bournoni (236938)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia S. semarangensis (71058)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63France Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis (70410)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333Puerto Rico S. sp. (45406)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania S. romettensis (123125)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Slovenia S. hyades (22969)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Bulgaria S. sp. (70048)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi (70497)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic S. bournoni (34515 34516 34517)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Morocco Solenastraea peroni (161325) Solenastraea peroni, Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis (161327) Solenastraea tizeroutinensis, Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis (161338) S. tizeroutinensis, Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis (161390 161391)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece S. tizeroutinensis (60773)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Haiti S. bournoni (60106)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic S. bournoni (124779) S. hyades (93772)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Italy Palaeoplesiastraea desmoulinsi, Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis (69924) S. sp. (70494)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Libya Palaeoplesiastraea romettensis (34500)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Dominican Republic S. bournoni (93681 93721 124780)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama S. bournoni (120393)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain S. sp. (69835)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Palaeoplesiastraea sp. (70785)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic S. bournoni (41067 41068 84960 84965 84966 84982 93732 93797 94000 94005 94094 94136) S. hyades (93731)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) S. fairbanksi (34852 34853 34855 96550 124511)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) S. bournoni, S. hyades (35026)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic S. bournoni (84977 93718 93791)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Curaçao S. bournoni (41032 41033 41034 41035)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic S. bournoni (41070 41071 93792 93997 94003 94090)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica S. bournoni (41072)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica S. bournoni (71374 124267 124270 124271)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Haiti S. bourboni, S. hyades (60894) S. hyades (60897)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Dominican Republic S. bournoni (93793)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica S. bournoni (34539)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) S. bournoni, S. hyades (85448) S. globosa (79958)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Curaçao S. bournoni (41036 41038 41039 41041 41042 41043 41045 41048)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica S. bournoni (71415)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Florida) S. bournoni, S. hyades (85449)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Curaçao S. bournoni (41054)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama S. bournoni (120273 120281 120282 120284 120288)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica S. bournoni (71720 71777 71778)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Haiti S. bournoni (66812 66813) S. hyades (75301)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan S. fairbanksi (101414)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic S. bournoni (75419)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) S. bournoni, S. hyades (85455) S. sp. (88642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Montserrat Solenastraea hyades (209803)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Solenastraea hyade (34269) S. hyades (85456 85457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela S. bournoni (83667) S. sp. (83666) S. sp., S. bournoni (83665)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) S. hyades (97610)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. S. hyades (97654)