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Columactinastraea pygmaea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrocoenia pygmaea was named by Felix (1903). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Actinastrea pygmaea by Alloiteau (1954); it was recombined as Columactinastraea pygmaea by Turnsek (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Astrocoenia pygmaea Felix
1954Actinastrea pygmaea Alloiteau
1997Columactinastraea pygmaea Turnsek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyActinastreidae(Alloiteau 1952)
genusColumactinastraeaAlloiteau 1952
speciespygmaea(Felix 1903)

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.

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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

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 86.30000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria Columactinastraea pygmaea (74905)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Portugal Actinastrea pygmaea (74563)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman Columactinastraea pygmaea (67454 206406)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Columactinastraea pygmaea (12766)