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Astreopora

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Description

Astreopora is a genus of stony corals in the Acroporidae family. Members of the genus are commonly known as star corals and there are seventeen species currently recognized.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2259756	https://www.gbif.org/species/2259756
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	6181	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=6181

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : Astreopora

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	Astrocoeniina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
family	Acroporidae	Verrill 1902
genus	Astreopora	de Blainville 1830

Scientific Name

Astreopora 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
Astreopora	genus	misspelling of Astreopora	stated without evidence	Wells, 1956
Astreopora	genus	belongs to Acroporidae	stated with evidence	Veron, 2000
Astreopora	genus	belongs to Acroporidae	stated without evidence	, 2002
Astreopora	genus	belongs to Scleractinia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

5 (13%)

First Recorded Appearance

133 - 125 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 Acroporidae)

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)

アナサンゴ

Wikipedia

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Astraeopora hemisphaerica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	20.4 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Astrea auvertiaca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astrea sphaeroidalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora acroporina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora annulata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	47.8 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Astreopora antiguensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	33.9 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Astreopora auvertiaca ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	59.2 Ma Paleocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Astreopora cenderawasih species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora compressa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	41.3 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Astreopora cucullata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora decaphylla species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	56.0 Ma Paleocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Astreopora densata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	28.1 Ma Oligocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Astreopora digitata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Astreopora dubiosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Astreopora duwamishensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Astreopora echinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora ehrenbergi species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Astreopora esperanzae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	47.8 Ma Eocene
Astreopora expansa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Astreopora explanata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora gatuncilloensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Astreopora goethalsi species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Astreopora gracilis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	16.0 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Astreopora harrisoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora hexaphylla ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Astreopora hochstetteri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	20.4 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Astreopora incrustans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora lambertsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora leightoni species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	109 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Astreopora listeri species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Astreopora macrostoma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora meneghiniana species	listed (PBDB)		21	47.8 Ma Eocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Astreopora microcalix ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Astreopora minima ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	41.3 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Astreopora monteporina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora moretonensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Astreopora mostarensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	41.3 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Astreopora myriophthalma species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	23.0 Ma Miocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Astreopora ndukeluensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora occidentalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Astreopora ocellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora portoricensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Astreopora profunda species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Astreopora punctifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora randalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora rutteni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	23.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Astreopora sanjuanensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	56.0 Ma Paleocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Astreopora scabra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora schedakena species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Astreopora sphaeroidalis species	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Astreopora spinulosum species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Astreopora stellaris species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	28.1 Ma Oligocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Astreopora subcylindrica species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Astreopora suggesta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora tabulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora tecta species	listed (PBDB)		23	56.0 Ma Paleocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Astreopora tongensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora tuvuthaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astreopora wallaceae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	16.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Astreopora walli species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Cyathophora meneghiniana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polysolenia digitata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polysolenia hochstetteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polysolenia rutteni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stylina tecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Octotremacis Gregory, 1900	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Octotremacis*
Astraeopora Blainville, 1830	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Astraeopora*
Polysolenia Reuss, 1866	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Polysolenia*
Annulopora Kühn, 1937	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Annulopora*
Astraeacis Quenstedt, 1880	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Astraeacis*
Araeacis Haime & Milne-Edwards, 1857	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Araeacis*
Palaestraeopora Kühn & Andrusov, 1937	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Palaestraeopora*
Asteropora Agassiz, 1845	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Asteropora*
Phyllopora Ehrenberg, 1834	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Phyllopora*
Dendroseris Gregory, 1929	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Dendroseris*
Astraepora Fabiano, 1905	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Astraepora*
Cebuphyllia Yabe & Sugiyama, 1941	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Acroporidae : *Cebuphyllia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1830	Astreopora Blainville
1857	Araeacis Haime and Milne-Edwards
1867	Polysolenia Reuss
2000	Astreopora Veron p. 434
2002	Astreopora Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Palastreopora Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

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

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

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

SN2000/Dunn, 1982 - 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

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

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

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

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