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Cladangia semispherica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae

Taxonomy
Astrea semispherica was named by Defrance (1826).

It was recombined as Cladangia semispherica by Chevalier (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Astrea semispherica Defrance
1961Cladangia semispherica Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyRhizangiidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusCladangiaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851
speciessemispherica(Defrance 1826)

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.

Cladangia semispherica Defrance 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-06 03:08:01
Modified: 2008-02-06 05:08:01
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Wells 1956, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Messinian or 27.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Cladangia semispherica (22968 163836)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France Cladangia semispherica (163846)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63France Cladangia semispherica (70510 70511)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France Cladangia semispherica (163845)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333France Cladangia semispherica (163847)