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Diploastrea speciosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae

Taxonomy
Goniastrea speciosa was named by Sismonda (1871).

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Goniastrea speciosa Sismonda
1961Thegioastraea speciosa Chevalier
2014Diploastrea speciosa Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyDiploastraeidaeChevalier and Beauvais 1987
genusDiploastreaMatthai 1914
speciesspeciosa(Sismonda 1871)

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 speciosa Sismonda 1871
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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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 20.44000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Thegioastraea speciosa (151415)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Thegioastraea speciosa (70450)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France Thegioastraea speciosa (70317)