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Dimorphastrea composita

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Cyathophyllum compositum was named by Sowerby (1835). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Synastrea composita by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849); it was recombined as Thamnastraea composita by Reuss (1854); it was recombined as Dimorphastrea composita by Turnsek (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Cyathophyllum compositum Sowerby
1849Synastrea composita Milne-Edwards and Haime
1854Thamnastraea composita Reuss
1997Dimorphastrea composita Turnsek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusDimorphastread'Orbigny 1850
speciescomposita(Sowerby 1835)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Dimorphastrea composita Sowerby 1835
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 86.30000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Slovenia Dimorphastrea composita (23071 23072)