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Dimorphocoeniopsis alpina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Dimorphastrea alpina was named by Koby (1895).

It was recombined as Monocyclastraea alpina by Kusmicheva (1972); it was recombined as Dimorphocoeniopsis alpina by Baron-Szabo (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Dimorphastrea alpina Koby
1972Monocyclastraea alpina Kusmicheva
2009Dimorphocoeniopsis alpina Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusDimorphocoeniopsis
speciesalpina(Koby 1895)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: solitarys
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-10 08:10:52
Modified: 2008-02-10 10:10:52
Source: s = species, f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kusmicheva 1972, Kiessling 2008

Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 145.00000 to 140.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Austria Dimorphocoeniopsis alpina (192223)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Ukraine Monocyclastraea alpina (47041)
Neocomian145.0 - 125.77Switzerland Dimorphastrea alpina (77005)