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Aulastraea yilashanensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Mitrodendron yilashanensis was named by Liao (1982).

It was recombined as Aulastraea yilashanensis by Liao and Xia (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Mitrodendron yilashanensis Liao
1994Aulastraea yilashanensis Liao and Xia

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusAulastraeaOgilvie 1897
speciesyilashanensis(Liao 1982)

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.

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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 Kimmeridgian or 161.50000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2China (Xizang) Aulastraea yilashanensis (87367)