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Caulastrea fusinieri

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron fusinieri was named by Catullo (1847).

It was recombined as Caulastrea fusinieri by Maddaleni (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. gemmans, C. indica, C. retiformans, C. yokoyamai, C. retiformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Lithodendron fusinieri Catullo
1997Caulastrea fusinieri Maddaleni

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCaulastrea(Dana 1846)
speciesfusinieri(Catullo 1847)

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.

†Caulastrea fusinieri Catullo 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Chattian or 48.07000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Caulastrea fusinieri (75454)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Caulastrea fusinieri (13354)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy (Veneto) Caulastrea fusinieri (91899)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy Caulastrea fusinieri (70053)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Italy Caulastrea fusinieri (27541 27543 27544 27546)