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Lobopsammia cariosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron cariosum was named by Goldfuss (1827).

It was recombined as Lobopsammia cariosa by Wells (1956).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Lithodendron cariosum Goldfuss
1956Lobopsammia cariosa Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusLobopsammiaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciescariosa(Goldfuss 1827)

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.

Lobopsammia cariosa Goldfuss 1827
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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 Paleocene to the top of the Priabonian or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iran (Yazd) Lobopsammia cariosa (233246)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iran (South central Iran) Lobopsammia cariosa (233247)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Czechia Lobopsammia cariosa (69521)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Czechia Lobopsammia cariosa (69514)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Oise) Lobopsammia cariosa (3494)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Ukraine Lobopsammia cariosa (77068)