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Siderastrea

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Description

Siderastreidae is a family of reef building stony corals. Members of the family include symbiotic algae called Zooxanthellae in their tissues which help provide their energy requirements.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2258894	https://www.gbif.org/species/2258894
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6858	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6858

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea

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
suborder	Fungiina	Verrill 1865
family	Siderastreidae	Vaughan and Wells 1943
genus	Siderastrea	de Blainville 1830

Scientific Name

Siderastrea de Blainville, 1830

Name Published In

de Blainville, Henri M. D. 1830. Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d’après l’état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement a l’utlité qu’en peuvent retirer la medicine, l’agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat., Paris.: 1-548, Plates 1-68.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Siderastrea	genus	belongs to Fungiidae	stated without evidence	Clark and Arnold, 1923
Siderastrea	genus	belongs to Siderastreidae	stated with evidence	Wells, 1956
Siderastrea	genus	belongs to Siderastraeidae	stated without evidence	Turnsek, 1997
Siderastrea	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (10%)

First Recorded Appearance

129 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

marine (based on Scleractinia)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia)

Vision

blind (based on Anthozoa)

Diet

photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Siderastreidae)

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

Wikipedia

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Astrea bertrandiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astrea crenulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astrea froehlichiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astrea italica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siderastrea adkinsi species	listed (PBDB)		11	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Siderastrea banksi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Siderastrea bertrandiana species	listed (PBDB)		5	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Siderastrea clarki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.4 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene
Siderastrea columnaris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	5.33 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siderastrea conferta species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	20.4 Ma Miocene
Siderastrea crenulata species	listed (PBDB)		23	28.1 Ma Oligocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Siderastrea cuyleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siderastrea dalli species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	5.33 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siderastrea dubiosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Siderastrea froehlichiana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	20.4 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Siderastrea grandis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siderastrea hexagonalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siderastrea hillsboroensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Siderastrea irregularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siderastrea italica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	23.0 Ma Miocene	13.8 Ma Miocene
Siderastrea mendenhalli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Siderastrea micrommata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Siderastrea miocenica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	28.1 Ma Oligocene	7.25 Ma Miocene
Siderastrea pliocenica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	5.33 Ma Miocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Siderastrea portieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siderastrea pourtalesi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siderastrea propitia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Siderastrea radcliffi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Siderastrea radians ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		52	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Siderastrea savignyana species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Siderastrea scotia species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Siderastrea scotica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siderastrea senecta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Siderastrea siderea species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		172	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Siderastrea silecensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	28.1 Ma Oligocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Siderastrea silicensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Siderastrea splendida species	listed (PBDB)		3	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Siderastrea stellata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Siderastrea tuckerae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Siderastrea vancouverensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Siderastrea washingtonensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Siderina Dana, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : *Siderina*
Siderastraea Blainville, 1830	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : *Siderastraea*
Siderofungia Reis, 1889	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : *Siderofungia*
Siderastraea M'Coy, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : *Siderastraea*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1830	Siderastrea Blainville
1923	Siderastrea Clark and Arnold p. 175
1931	Siderastrea Faustino p. 285
1956	Siderastrea Wells p. F384
1957	Plesiothamnasteria Alloiteau
1997	Siderastrea Turnsek
2002	Plesiothamnasteria Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Siderastrea Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Clark B. L., Arnold R. (1923) Fauna of the Sooke Formation Vancouver Island, University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 14 5, 123-234

Faustino L. A. (1931) Two new madreporarian corals from California, Philippine Journal of Science 44, 285-289

Wells J. W. (1956) Scleractinia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F, 328-444

Turnsek D. (1997) Mesozoic corals of Slovenia, ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana, 1-512

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - 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

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

Dict. Sci. Nat., 60 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Veron, J. E. N. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers. - 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

de Blainville H. M. (1830). Zoophytes. In: Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles, dans lequel on traitre méthodiquement des differéns êtres de la nature, considérés soit en eux-mêmes, d'après l'état actuel de nos connoissances, soit relativement a l'utlité qu'en peuvent retirer la médicine, l'agriculture, le commerce et les arts. Edited by F. G. Levrault. Tome 60. Paris, Le Normat. Pp. 548, pls. 68. Paris, 1830. 60 : 1-546. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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