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Dimorpharaea desori

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Taxonomy
Microsolena desori was named by Koby (1888).

It was recombined as Dimorpharaea desori by Beauvais (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Microsolena desori Koby
1949Microsolena desori Bendukidze p. 117 figs. Pl 12, figs 1a-c; text-fig 18
1964Dimorpharaea desori Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyComoseridae
genusDimorpharaeade Fromentel 1861
speciesdesori(Koby 1888)

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.

Dimorpharaea desori Koby 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
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: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:53:12
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:53:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 157.90000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Dimorpharaea desori (93264)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Dimorpharaea desori (90017)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Dimorpharaea desori (60375)