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Seriastraea multiphylla

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae

Taxonomy
Seriastraea multiphylla was named by Schäfer and Senowbari-Daryan (1978). It is not extant. It is the type species of Seriastraea.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Seriastraea multiphylla Schäfer and Senowbari-Daryan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyAstraeomorphidaeFrech 1890
genusSeriastraeaSchäfer and Senowbari-Daryan 1978
speciesmultiphyllaSchäfer and Senowbari-Daryan 1978

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.

Seriastraea multiphylla Schäfer and Senowbari-Daryan 1978
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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 Sevatian to the top of the Rhaetian or 211.18000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Austria Seriastraea multiphylla (36815)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria Seriastraea multiphylla (22963 36801 36807)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria (Calcareous Alps) Seriastraea multiphylla (38141 38144)