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Diploastrea

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Description

Diploastrea is a genus of corals. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Diploastreidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diploastrea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2260099	https://www.gbif.org/species/2260099
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6368	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6368

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Diploastreidae : Diploastrea

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Diploastraeidae : Diploastrea

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
subclass	Zoantharia	de Blainville 1830
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
family	Diploastraeidae	Chevalier and Beauvais 1987
genus	Diploastrea	Matthai 1914

Scientific Name

Diploastrea Matthai, 1914

Name Published In

Matthai, G. (1914). A revision of the recent colonial Astraeidae possessing distinct corallites. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series Zoology. 17(1): 1-38.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Diploastrea	genus	misspelling of Diploastrea	stated without evidence	Wells, 1956
Diploastrea	genus	belongs to Faviidae	stated with evidence	Veron, 2000
Diploastrea	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Diploastrea	genus	belongs to Diploastraeidae	stated with evidence	Huang et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (6.7%)

First Recorded Appearance

125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

microcarnivore, photosymbiotic (based on Scleractinia)

Reproduction

alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Scleractinia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

ダイオウサンゴ

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diploastrea

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Astrea diversiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diploastraea crassicostata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Diploastrea aequalicostata species	listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea aequalis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Diploastrea alternicosta species	listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea applanata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea bacata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Diploastrea burdigalensis species	listed (PBDB)		5	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea coronata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Diploastrea costata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Diploastrea crassicostata species	listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea crassolamellata species	listed (PBDB)		28	37.2 Ma Eocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea diversiformis species	listed (PBDB)		10	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea harrisi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	89.3 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Diploastrea heliopora species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		51	37.2 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Diploastrea hilli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Diploastrea incerta species	listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea italica species	listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea magnifica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	28.4 Ma Oligocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea miocenica species	listed (PBDB)		8	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea multisepta species	listed (PBDB)		7	28.1 Ma Oligocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea polygonalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Diploastrea reussii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Diploastrea roasendai species	listed (PBDB)		8	28.1 Ma Oligocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea rosacea species	listed (PBDB)		3	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea speciosa species	listed (PBDB)		3	20.4 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea superficialis species	listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea taurinensis species	listed (PBDB)		5	33.9 Ma Oligocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea variabilis species	listed (PBDB)		5	33.9 Ma Oligocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Diploastrea vaughani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Goniastrea crassicostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniastrea miocenica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniastrea speciosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Goniastrea superficialis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Heliastrea aequalicostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Heliastrea incerta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Heliastrea rosacea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plerastrea taurinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Prionastraea multisepta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thegioastraea alternicosta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thegioastraea burdigalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thegioastraea italica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thegioastraea roasendai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Thegioastraea Sismonda, 1871	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Diploastreidae : *Thegioastraea*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1871	Thegioastraea Michelotti
1914	Diploastrea Matthai
1961	Thegioastraea Chevalier
1998	Thegioastraea Perrin et al.
2000	Diploastrea Veron p. 230
2002	Diploastrea Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Thegioastraea Tsaparas and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni
2014	Diploastrea Huang et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Chevalier J. P. (1961) Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale [Miocene corals and reefs from the western Mediterranean], Memoires de la Societe geologique de France 93, 1-562

Perrin C., Plaziat J.-C., et al (1998) Miocene coral reefs and reef corals of the south-western Gulf of Suez and north-western Red Sea: distribution, diversity and regional environmental controls, Sedimentation and tectonics of rift basins: Red Sea - Gulf of Aden, 296-319

Veron J.E.N. (2000) , Corals of the World

Tsaparas N., Marcopoulou-Diacantoni A. (2005) Tortonian Scleractinian Corals from the island of Gavdos (South Greece), Revue de Paléobiologie 24 2, 629-637

Huang D., Benzoni F., et al (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171 2, 277-355

Wells, John W., 1986: null. A List of Scleractinian generic and subgeneric taxa, 1758-1985, (special issue). 69. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Matthai, G. (1914). A revision of the recent colonial Astraeidae possessing distinct corallites. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 2nd Series Zoology. 17(1): 1-38. - via World Register of Marine Species

Budd, A. F.; Fukami, H.; Smith, N. D.; Knowlton, N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166(3): 465-529. - via World Register of Marine Species

Huang D, Benzoni F, Fukami H, Knowlton N, Smith ND, Budd AF (2014) Taxonomic classification of the reef coral families Merulinidae, Montastraeidae, and Diploastraeidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 171: 277–355. - via World Register of Marine Species

Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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