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Thamnasteria moreana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Centrastrea moreana d'Orbigny
1955Thamnasteria moreana Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823
speciesmoreana(d'Orbigny 1850)

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 moreana d'Orbigny 1850
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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 Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Thamnasteria moreana (68589 68590 68610)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Thamnasteria moreana (68668 68684)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Thamnasteria moreana (34662 34663 68585 68594 68599)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) Thamnasteria moreana (68220)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Thamnasteria moreana (68602 68786 68787 68809)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Thamnasteria moreana (34665)