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Ovalastrea plicata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Favia plicata was named by Koby (1904).

It was recombined as Ovalastrea plicata by Pandey and Fürsich (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Favia plicata Koby
2003Ovalastrea plicata Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusOvalastrea
speciesplicata(Koby 1904)

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.

Ovalastrea plicata Koby 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 154.80000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian165.3 - 152.21Iran (Tabas Area) Ovalastrea plicata (41417)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Ovalastrea plicata (68594)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Ovalastrea plicata (68787 68803 68809 68810 68811 68815 68816)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal Ovalastrea plicata (68239)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Ovalastrea plicata (36533)