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Thamnasteria maeandra

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea maeandra was named by Koby (1898).

It was recombined as Thamnasteria maeandra by Morycowa (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Thamnastraea maeandra Koby
1964Thamnasteria maeandra Morycowa

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823
speciesmaeandra(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.

Thamnasteria maeandra Koby 1898
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:03:33
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:03:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Aptian or 137.05000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Hungary Thamnasteria maeandra (25151)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Georgia Thamnasteria maeandra (89974)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Poland Thamnasteria maeandra (67122)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Georgia Thamnasteria maeandra (67512)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Switzerland Thamnastraea maeandra (76998)