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Clausastrea korthensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Meandrarea korthensis was named by Bendukidze (1949).

It was recombined as Clausastrea korthensis by Bendukidze (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1949Meandrarea korthensis Bendukidze p. 89 figs. Pl 7, figs 4,4a,4b; text-fig 10
1982Clausastrea korthensis Bendukidze

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidae(Duncan 1884)
genusClausastrea
specieskorthensis()

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.

Clausastrea korthensis Bendukidze 1949
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 157.90000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Clausastrea korthensis (90017)