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Montastrea roemeriana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Orbicella roemeriana was named by Wells (1933). It is not extant. Its type locality is Kerr County, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Edwards Limestone Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Montastrea roemeriana by Cairns (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. nancyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Orbicella roemeriana Wells
1991Montastrea roemeriana Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
speciesroemeriana()

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.

†Montastrea roemeriana Wells 1933
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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: Middle Albian or 109.00000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Texas) Orbicella roemeriana (123337)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3USA (Texas) Orbicella roemeriana (123341 type locality: 123342)