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Siderastrea radians ✝
| Description | Siderastrea radians, also known as the lesser starlet coral or the shallow-water starlet coral, is a stony coral in the family Siderastreidae. It is found in shallow parts of the western Atlantic Ocean as small, solid mounds or encrusting sheets. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siderastrea_radians, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea : Siderastrea radians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea : Siderastrea radians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Generic Name | Siderastrea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Siderastrea radians (Pallas, 1766) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Pallas, P.S. (1766) Miscellanea zoologica. Quibus novae imprimis atque obscurae animalium species describuntur et observationibus iconibusque illustrantur. Petrum van Cleef. Hagí Comitum., xii + 224 pp.;14 pls. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 28.1 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | C. Chaix and J.-P. Saint Martin. 2008. Les faunes de scléractiniaires hermatypiques dans les plates-formes carbonatées méditerranéennes au Miocène supérieur. Geodiversitas 30(1):181-209 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Lesser Starlet Coral, Rough Starlet Coral, Vieltrichterkoralle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siderastrea_radians |
Fossil Distribution
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Madrepora radians Pallas, 1766 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea : Madrepora radians |
| Siderastrea radians radians (Pallas, 1766) | GBIF | form | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea : Siderastrea radians radians |
| Siderastraea radians (Pallas, 1766) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Siderastreidae : Siderastrea : Siderastraea radians |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1766 | Madrepora radians Pallas |
| 2008 | Siderastrea radians Chaix and Saint Martin |
References
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!
