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Diploastrea rosacea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae

Taxonomy
Heliastrea rosacea was named by Zuffardi-Comerci (1932).

It was recombined as Thegioastraea rosacea by Chevalier (1961); it was recombined as Diploastrea rosacea by Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Heliastrea rosacea Zuffardi-Comerci
1961Thegioastraea rosacea Chevalier
2014Diploastrea rosacea Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyDiploastraeidaeChevalier and Beauvais 1987
genusDiploastreaMatthai 1914
speciesrosacea(Zuffardi-Comerci 1932)

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.

Diploastrea rosacea Zuffardi-Comerci 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Thegioastraea rosacea (70450)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Aquitaine) Thegioastraea rosacea (70203)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Thegioastraea rosacea (163838)