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Rhipidogyra flabellum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Lobophyllia flabellum was named by Michelin (1843).

It was recombined as Stylogyra flabellum by D'Orbigny (1849), d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Rhipidogyra flabellum by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857), Pandey and Fürsich (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. langi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Lobophyllia flabellum Michelin
1849Stylogyra flabellum D'Orbigny p. 6
1850Stylogyra flabellum d'Orbigny p. 38
1857Rhipidogyra flabellum Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 215
2003Rhipidogyra flabellum Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyAplosmiliidaeFromentel 1861
genusRhipidogyraMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesflabellum()

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.

†Rhipidogyra flabellum Michelin 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 157.90000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Ukraine Rhipidogyra flabellum (67868)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Iran (Tabas Area) Rhipidogyra flabellum (41422)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Lorraine) Rhipidogyra flabellum (93188)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Rhipidogyra flabellum (85959)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Georgia Rhipidogyra flabellum (85908)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Rhipidogyra flabellum (68366 68381)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation Rhipidogyra flabellum (90020)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2France (Bourgogne) Rhipidogyra flabellum (93200)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Rhipidogyra flabellum (36533)