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Texastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Texastrea was named by Wells (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Actinastreidae by Baron-Szabo (2002); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Texastrea Wells
2002Texastrea Baron-Szabo
2002Texastrea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusTexastreaWells 1973

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. †Texastrea Wells 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 09:44:35
Modified: 2008-01-26 11:44:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available