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Solenastrea hyades

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Orbicella hyades was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Solenastrea hyades by Verrill (1901); it was recombined as Solenastraea hyades by Thomas (1938).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Orbicella hyades Dana
1901Solenastrea hyades Verrill
1938Solenastraea hyades Thomas p. 80

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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
specieshyades(Dana 1846)

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: 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 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba Solenastrea hyades (124676)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic Solenastrea hyades (93774)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Solenastrea hyades (93773)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovenia Solenastrea hyades (22969)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Solenastrea hyades (93772)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Solenastrea hyades (93731)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Solenastrea hyades (35026)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Solenastrea hyades (60894 60897)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Solenastrea hyades (85448)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Cuba Solenastrea hyades (71132)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) Solenastrea hyades (85449)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Solenastrea hyades (75301)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Solenastrea hyades (85455)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Montserrat Solenastraea hyades (209803)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Solenastraea hyade (34269) Solenastrea hyades (85456 85457)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Solenastrea hyades (97654)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Solenastrea hyades (97610)