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Bathypsammia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Bathypsammia was named by Marenzeller (1907). It is extant.

It was assigned to Dendrophylliidae by Newton et al. (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Bathypsammia Marenzeller
1987Bathypsammia Newton et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusBathypsammiaMarenzeller 1907

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.

G. Bathypsammia Marenzeller 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: colonialg
Clonal: yesg
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindg
Reproduction: alternatingg
Asexual: yesg
Dispersal: waterg
Dispersal 2: planktonicg
Created: 2014-06-17 03:13:41
Modified: 2014-06-17 03:13:41
Source: g = genus
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 27.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France B. sp. (163836)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) B. sp. (82823)