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Thamnasteria seriata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea seriata was named by Becker (1875).

It was recombined as Thamnasteria seriata by Bertling (1993).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Thamnastraea seriata Becker
1993Thamnasteria seriata Bertling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823
speciesseriata(Becker 1875)

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 seriata Becker 1875
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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 161.20000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Lower Saxony) Thamnasteria seriata (23911 23916 23917 23921 23924)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Thamnasteria seriata (31547)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Thamnasteria seriata (23904)