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Keratoisis

Anthozoa - Alcyonacea - Isididae

Taxonomy
Keratoisis was named by Wright (1869). It is extant.

It was assigned to Isididae by Grasshoff (1980).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Keratoisis Wright
1980Keratoisis Grasshoff

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderAlcyonaceaLamouroux 1816
familyIsididaeLamouroux 1812
genusKeratoisisWright 1869

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. Keratoisis Wright 1869
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-11 22:04:14
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:36:48
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Otaian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 21.70000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45New Zealand K. dactyla (146343 146344 146346)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (Auckland) K. tangentis (85532)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (Auckland) K. tangentis (85526)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain K. sp. (56687)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sicily) K. peloritana (85005)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Sicily) K. melitensis (85004)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117North Atlantic (Mediterranean Sea) K. sp. (124214)