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Chomatoseris hemispherica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Taxonomy
Anabacia hemispherica was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Chomatoseris hemispherica by Beauvais and Nouiouat (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Anabacia hemispherica Milne-Edwards and Haime
1993Chomatoseris hemispherica Beauvais and Nouiouat

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyComoseridae
genusChomatoserisThomas 1935
specieshemispherica(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)

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.

Chomatoseris hemispherica Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryg
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:54:53
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:28:23
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 170.90000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6United Kingdom (England) Chomatoseris hemispherica (77238)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Centre) Chomatoseris hemispherica (85965)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Algeria Chomatoseris hemispherica (79370)