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Thecactinastraea krimensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae

Taxonomy
Thecactinastraea krimensis was named by Turnsek and Kosir (2000). Its type locality is Krim Mountain, which is in a Pliensbachian reef, buildup or bioherm bafflestone/framestone in the "Lithiotid Horizon" Formation of Slovenia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Thecactinastraea krimensis Turnsek and Kosir

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylophyllinaBeauvais 1981
familyOppelismiliidae
genusThecactinastraea
specieskrimensis

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.

†Thecactinastraea krimensis Turnsek and Kosir 2000
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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 20:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Slovenia Thecactinastraea krimensis (type locality: 87253 87254)