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Dendraraea excelsa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Taxonomy
Microsolena excelsa was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851).

It was recombined as Dendraraea excelsa by Beauvais (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Microsolena excelsa Milne-Edwards and Haime
1861Microsolena excelsa de Fromentel p. 253
1970Dendraraea excelsa Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyComoseridae
genusDendraraea
speciesexcelsa(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.

Dendraraea excelsa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:53:12
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:53:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Microsolena excelsa (159427)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Dendraraea excelsa (42327 77248)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Centre) Dendraraea excelsa (85965)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Dendraraea excelsa (38159)