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Latiastrea greppini

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Latimaeandra greppini was named by Koby (1885).

It was recombined as Microphyllia greppini by Geyer (1955); it was recombined as Latiastraea greppini by El-Asa'ad (1991); it was recombined as Latiastrea greppini by Kiessling et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Latimaeandra greppini Koby
1955Microphyllia greppini Geyer
1991Latiastraea greppini El-Asa'ad
2011Latiastrea greppini Kiessling et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusLatiastrea
speciesgreppini(Koby 1885)

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.

Latiastrea greppini Koby 1885
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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 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 157.90000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia Latiastraea greppini (28064) Latiastraea greppini, Latiastrea greppini (28059)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Ethiopia Latiastrea greppini (93865 94312 94319 94324 94326)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Microphyllia greppini (36533)