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Stylina alveolata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Astrea alveolata was named by Goldfuss (1826). Its type specimen is syntype BIOB-PB-Goldfuss 217, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Astrea.

It was recombined as Cryptocoenia alveolata by D'Orbigny (1849), d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Stylina alveolata by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Astrea alveolata Goldfuss pp. p. 65 figs. pl. 22 fig. 3
1849Cryptocoenia alveolata D'Orbigny p. 7
1850Cryptocoenia alveolata d'Orbigny p. 385
1857Stylina alveolata Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 236

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusStylinaLamarck 1816
speciesalveolata()

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.

Stylina alveolata Goldfuss 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 02:50:36
Modified: 2008-01-28 04:50:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 155.70000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Cryptocoenia alveolata (211294)