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Goniastrea pectinata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Astrea pectinata was named by Ehrenberg (1834).

It was recombined as Goniastrea pectinata by Vaughan (1918).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Astrea pectinata Ehrenberg
1848Goniastrea planulata Milne-Edwards and Haime
1918Goniastrea pectinata Vaughan
1968Platygyra planulata Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusGoniastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciespectinata(Ehrenberg 1834)

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.

Goniastrea pectinata Ehrenberg 1834
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Invalid names: Goniastrea planulata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 [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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia Goniastrea pectinata (109216 109454) Goniastrea planulata (109446)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Goniastrea pectinata (71079 108772 108774 109672)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Aceh) Goniastrea pectinata (63116)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Goniastrea pectinata (80954)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan Goniastrea pectinata (34877 34879)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Goniastrea pectinata (87893 87898 87980)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia Goniastrea pectinata (104657)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Goniastrea pectinata (234198)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Taiwan Goniastrea pectinata, Goniastrea planulata (63134)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Goniastrea pectinata (63135)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Goniastrea pectinata (62770 62794)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129French Polynesia Goniastrea pectinata (97465)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt Goniastrea pectinata (120129 120130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara Timur) Goniastrea pectinata (89161)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Goniastrea pectinata (88595 88596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Goniastrea pectinata (97467)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Goniastrea pectinata (103254 103265 103267 103268 103269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Goniastrea pectinata (44907 63152 63157 63158 63170)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Goniastrea pectinata (80955 80956 80958 80962 80963 107972 201414 201440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Goniastrea pectinata (80721 93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) Goniastrea pectinata (41604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Goniastrea pectinata (90042 90043 90050 90056) Platygyra planulata (90052)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Goniastrea pectinata (120128)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Goniastrea pectinata (96956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia Goniastrea pectinata (97470)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Goniastrea pectinata (96889)