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Dimorphastrea waehneri

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy

Dimorphastrea waehneri was named by Felix (1903).

It was recombined as Dimorphoseris waehneri by Bendukidze (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. choffati, D. duparci, D. edwardci, D. favrei, D. fungiomorpha, D. hiraigaensis, D. hiraigensis, D. leptophylla, D. leptophyllia, D. lorioli, D. paeninsulae, D. patenoides, D. platyphyllia, D. sigillum, D. sulcosa, D. tenuiseptalis, D. undulata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1903	Dimorphastrea waehneri Felix
1956	Dimorphoseris waehneri Bendukidze

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Microsolenina	Morycowa and Roniewicz 1995
family	Latomeandridae	Alloiteau 1952
genus	Dimorphastrea	d'Orbigny 1850
species	waehneri	Felix 1903

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.

†Dimorphastrea waehneri Felix 1903

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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 Turonian to the top of the Campanian or 93.90000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Turonian - Campanian	93.9 - 72.2	Georgia	Dimorphoseris waehneri (91629)