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Colpophyllia meandrinoides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Monticularia meandrinoides was named by Michelin (1842).

It was recombined as Mycedium meandrinoides by Chevalier (1961); it was recombined as Colpophyllia meandrinoides by Schuster (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Monticularia meandrinoides Michelin
1961Mycedium meandrinoides Chevalier
2002Colpophyllia meandrinoides Schuster

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusColpophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesmeandrinoides(Michelin 1842)

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.

Colpophyllia meandrinoides Michelin 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Burdigalian or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Greece Colpophyllia meandrinoides (79603)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Mycedium meandrinoides (70450)