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Rhipidogyra elegans

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Rhipidogyra elegans was named by Koby (1888).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Rhipidogyra elegans Koby
1949Rhipidogyra elegans Bendukidze p. 57 figs. Pl 4, fig 1

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

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 elegans Koby 1888
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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 (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Ukraine Rhipidogyra elegans (67868)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia (South Ossetia) Rhipidogyra elegans (90002)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Rhipidogyra elegans (34663)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Rhipidogyra elegans (36533)