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Cheilosmilia rugosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Sclerosmilia rugosa was named by Koby (1888).

It was recombined as Cheilosmilia rugosa by Beauvais (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Sclerosmilia rugosa Koby
1963Cheilosmilia rugosa Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusCheilosmiliaKoby 1888
speciesrugosa(Koby 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.

Cheilosmilia rugosa 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 Oxfordian to the top of the Albian or 161.50000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Cheilosmilia rugosa (85959)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Romania Cheilosmilia rugosa (35201)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Spain Cheilosmilia rugosa (56935)