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Ovalastrea bihinensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Favia bihinense was named by Gregory (1925).

It was recombined as Ovalastrea bihinensis by Thomas (1935).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. delgadoi, O. rutschi, O. tangenticostata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Favia bihinense Gregory
1935Ovalastrea bihinensis Thomas

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusOvalastrea
speciesbihinensis(Gregory 1925)

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.

†Ovalastrea bihinensis Gregory 1925
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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 Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Somalia Ovalastrea bihinensis (92962 93020)