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Fungiastraea oculata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Thamnasteria oculata was named by Koby (1887).

It was recombined as Fungiastraea oculata by Morycowa (1974).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Thamnasteria oculata Koby
1974Fungiastraea oculata Morycowa

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusFungiastraeaAlloiteau 1952
speciesoculata(Koby 1887)

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.

Fungiastraea oculata Koby 1887
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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 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 163.50000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Thamnasteria oculata (93114)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Thamnasteria oculata (68787)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Portugal Fungiastraea oculata (68609)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Poland Fungiastraea oculata (64116)