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Orbicella nancyi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Montastraea nancyi was named by Pandolfi (2007). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Clermont Nose, loc. AFO, Durants reef terrace, which is in a Pleistocene reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in Barbados.

It was recombined as Orbicella nancyi by Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Montastraea nancyi Pandolfi
2014Orbicella nancyi Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusOrbicellaDana 1846
speciesnancyi()

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.

Orbicella nancyi Pandolfi 2007
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (125 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados Montastrea nancyi (type locality: 88529 88531) Montastrea sp. 2 (102441 102442 102444 102445 102448 102450 102454 102455 102459 102468 102469)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Montastrea sp. 2 (102663 102666 102667 102668 102669 102670 102671 102672 102674 102676 102677 102678 102679 102680 102681 102682 102685 102686 102687 102688 102690 102691 102692 102693 102694 102695 102696 102697 102698 102699 102700 102701 102702 102703 102704 102705 102706 102707 102708)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Montastrea nancyi (88528 88530) Montastrea sp. 2 (102409 102410 102411 102412 102413 102414 102415 102416 102417 102418 102419 102420)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Montastrea sp. 2 (102631 102632 102633 102634 102635 102636 102637 102638 102639 102640 102643 102644 102645 102646 102647 102648 102649 102650 102651 102652 102653 102654)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Montastrea sp. (34518 34519 34520)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Montastrea sp. 2 (102422 102424 102427 102428 102431 102432 102436)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia Montastrea sp. 2 (102766 102767 102768 102769 102770 102771 102772 102773 102774 102775 102776 102777 102778 102779 102780 102781 102782 102783 102784 102785 102786 102787 102788 102789 102790 102791 102792)