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Tricassastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Isastreidae

Taxonomy
Tricassastraea was named by Alloiteau and Dercourt (1966) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. It is not extant.

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

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Tricassastraea Alloiteau and Dercourt
1977Actinastraeopsis Sikharulidze
2002Tricassastraea Baron-Szabo
2002Actinastaeopsis Sepkoski
2002Tricassastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyIsastreidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusTricassastraeaAlloiteau and Dercourt 1966

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. †Tricassastraea Alloiteau and Dercourt 1966
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Tricassastraea parnassensis Alloiteau 1966
Invalid names: Actinastraeopsis Sikharulidze 1977 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Albian or 132.90000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Georgia Actinastraeopsis phaceloides (89974)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Spain Actinastraeopsis catalaunica (132351)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain Actinastraeopsis catalaunica (132378)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greece T. parnassensis (74811)