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Meandrophyllia meandroides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Taxonomy
Meandraraea meandroides was named by Koby (1898). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Meandrophyllia meandroides by Baron-Szabo et al. (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Meandraraea meandroides Koby
1951Thamnasteria contorta Eguchi
2003Meandrophyllia meandroides Baron-Szabo et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyHaplaraeidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
subfamilyMeandrophylliinae
genusMeandrophylliad'Orbigny 1849
speciesmeandroides(Koby 1898)

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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Invalid names: Thamnasteria contorta Eguchi 1951 [synonym]
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: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-10 09:04:12
Modified: 2008-02-10 11:04:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Cenomanian or 129.40000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45France Meandraraea sp. (65201 65202)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France Meandraraea sp. (65199)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Serbia and Montenegro Meandraraea meandroides (74793)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan (Iwate) Thamnasteria contorta (91322 91324 91328)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Mexico (Sonora) Meandraraea meandroides (35101)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Japan (Iwate) Thamnasteria contorta (91330)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian122.46 - 100.5Iran Meandrophyllia meandroides (31651)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France Meandraraea meandroides (64081 116615)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Spain Meandraraea meandroides (56935)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Meandraraea meandroides (94265)