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Thecosmilia annularis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia annularis was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. choffati

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Thecosmilia annularis Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThecosmiliidaeDuncan 1884
genusThecosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesannularisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851

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.

†Thecosmilia annularis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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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: Late/Upper Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Ukraine Thecosmilia annularis (67868)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Thecosmilia annularis (93114)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Thecosmilia annularis (93094 93098 93154)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Thecosmilia annularis (4090 4098)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Thecosmilia annularis (89999)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom Thecosmilia annularis (35300)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom Thecosmilia annularis (86020)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia Thecosmilia annularis (90018)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Russian Federation Thecosmilia annularis (90020)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1United Kingdom (England) Thecosmilia annularis (1566 1569 1612)