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Ovalastrea polygonalis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Ovalastrea polygonalis was named by Alloiteau (1958). Its type locality is Tsianaloka-Mongobory, which is in an Albian marine limestone/marl in Madagascar.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Ovalastrea polygonalis Alloiteau

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

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 polygonalis Alloiteau 1958
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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 Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 125.77000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Serbia Ovalastrea polygonalis (74793 74794)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Madagascar (Mahajanga) Ovalastrea polygonalis (type locality: 86498)