Astraraea media (Sowerby, 1832)

Baron-Szabo, Rosemarie C., 2008, Dendrophylliina, Caryophylliina, Fungiina, Microsolenina, and Stylinina, Zootaxa 1952, pp. 1-244 : 113-114

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Astraraea media (Sowerby, 1832)
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Astraraea media (Sowerby, 1832)

Pl. 9, figs 2a, b, 3

v*1832 Astrea media: Sowerby , in Sedgwick & Murchison, p. 417, pl. 37, fig. 5 9 (topotypes studied).

1850 Synastrea media (Sowerby) : Milne Edwards & Haime, 3. ser., vol. 12, p. 150.

1851a Thamnastrea media: Milne Edwards & Haime , p. 109.

v1854 Thamnastrea media Sowerby : Reuss, p. 119, pl. 19, figs 3–4.

1857 Thamnastrea media: Milne Edwards , vol. 2, p. 568.

1858–61 Synastrea media: de Fromentel , p. 220.

1900 Astraraea media (Sowerby) : Felix, p. 3.

v1903a Astraraea media (Sowerby) : Felix, p. 187.

1914 Astraraea media Sowerby sp. 1832: Felix, pars 7, p. 205.

1930a Astraraea media (Sowerby) : Oppenheim, p. 42, pl. 10, fig. 7, pl. 11, figs 5–6.

?1937a Synastrea media (Sowerby) : Bataller, p. 196.

v1982 Astraraea media (Sowerby) 1832 : Beauvais, vol. 2, p. 31, pl. 24, fig. 4.

1982 Astraraea senessei Alloiteau 1939 : Beauvais, vol. 2, p. 34, pl. 25, fig. 2.

v1998 Astraraea senessei Alloiteau, 1939 : Baron-Szabo, p. 146, pl. 5, fig. 5.

2000 Astraraea senessei, Alloiteau 1939 : Löser, p. 10.

2002 Astraraea media (Sowerby 1832) : Löser et al., p. 83 (older synonyms cited therein).

v2002 Astraraea media (Sowerby, 1832) : Baron-Szabo, p. 104, pl. 73, fig. 1.

2002 Astraraea senessei Alloiteau, 1939 : Baron-Szabo, p. 104.

v2003 Astraraea media (Sowerby, 1832) : Baron-Szabo, p. 137, pl. 21, figs 3, 6.

v2004 Astraraea media (Sowerby) : Moosleitner, p. 174 and 182, pl. 72, fig. 3, pl. 80, fig. 1.

Dimensions. c-c=4.5–7.5 mm; s=20–40; s/mm=5–7/2.

Description. Colonial, thamnasterioid. Gemmation intratentacular mono- to tristomodaeal. Corallites permanently monocentric. Radial elements biseptal with perforations arranged in vertical rows. Distal margin with rounded and subequal denticles. Lateral septal faces ornamented with rounded granulae. Synapticulae numerous. columella parietal-papillose; endothecal dissepiments sparse, thin; no wall between the corallites.

Type locality of species. Santonian-Campanian of Austria (Gosau Group) .

Distribution.?Turonian of northern Spain, Turonian-Lower Coniacian and Upper Santonian of southern France,?Upper Santonian and Campanian of northern Spain (Catalonia), Upper Turonian-Campanian of Austria (Gosau Group) and Croatia, Maastrichtian of France, Middle-Upper Maastrichtian of Jamaica (new material).

New Material. Middle-Upper Maastrichtian of Jamaica, NMNH, Coates coll., sample nos.: 539b-II (=Jerusalem Mountain Inlier); 568g-II (=probably Cambridge area).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Cnidaria

Class

Anthozoa

Order

Scleractinia

Family

Haplaraeidae

Genus

Astraraea

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