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Microphyllia maeandrinoides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Astrea maeandrinoides was named by Reuss (1845).

It was recombined as Microphyllia meandrinoides by Eliasova (1994); it was recombined as Microphyllia maeandrinoides by Baron-Szabo (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Astrea maeandrinoides Reuss
1994Microphyllia meandrinoides Eliasova
1998Microphyllia maeandrinoides Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusMicrophyllia
speciesmaeandrinoides(Reuss 1845)

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: 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: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Campanian or 121.40000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Microphyllia meandrinoides (64076 116615)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Czechia Microphyllia meandrinoides (34737 35113 35137 35138)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Microphyllia meandrinoides (35144 35156 35157)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Microphyllia meandrinoides (35107 35143)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain Microphyllia maeandrinoides (67084)