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Dipsastraea speciosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Astrea speciosa was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Favia speciosa by Vaughan (1918); it was recombined as Dipsastraea speciosa by Huang et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Astrea speciosa Dana
1918Favia speciosa Vaughan
2014Dipsastraea speciosa Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusDipsastraeade Blainville 1830
speciesspeciosa(Dana 1846)

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.

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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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia Favia speciosa (86769)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Favia speciosa (62861)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia Favia speciosa (109243)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Favia speciosa (45343 45344)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Aceh) Favia speciosa (63115)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Favia speciosa (62798)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Favia speciosa (80954)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Taiwan Favia speciosa (63139)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Favia speciosa (45335)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan Favia speciosa (34877 34878 34879 34881)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Philippines (Mindanao) Favia speciosa (45347)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia Favia speciosa (42739)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Favia speciosa (85086 85088 85089 85092 85098 85100)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Favia speciosa (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Dipsastraea speciosa (234198)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Taiwan Favia speciosa (63134)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan Favia speciosa (63137 63138)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Favia speciosa (63135 63136)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Jordan Favia speciosa (82754 82755)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt (Red Sea) Dipsastraea speciosa (234196 234197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Gujarat) Favia speciosa (80600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Favia speciosa (120128 176437)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Favia speciosa (90043 90050 90052 90053)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Favia speciosa (80963 107972 201414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Favia speciosa (88595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Favia speciosa (184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Favia speciosa (93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan Favia speciosa (192909 192911 192912)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Jordan Favia speciosa (97661)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Favia speciosa (165207 165553 165554 165555)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India Favia speciosa (165793)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Favia speciosa (97528)