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Septastrea crassa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae

Taxonomy
Astraea crassa was named by Holmes (1860).

It was recombined as Septastrea crassa by Veatch and Stephenson (1911).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Astraea crassa Holmes p. 2
1911Septastrea crassa Veatch and Stephenson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyRhizangiidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusSeptastread'Orbigny 1849
speciescrassa()

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.

Septastrea crassa Holmes 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-06 03:08:01
Modified: 2008-02-06 05:08:01
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004, Wells 1956

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Septastrea crassa (35026 79962)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Septastrea crassa (146873)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Septastrea crassa (176822)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) Septastrea crassa (85449)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) Septastrea crassa (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Septastrea crassa (60921 60944)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Septastrea crassa (60927 60928 60930)