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Genabacia stellifera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Taxonomy
Fungia stellifera was named by Archiac (1843). Its type specimen is neotype MNHN.F.R54650, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Genabacia.

It was recombined as Genabacia stellifera by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1860), Fischer (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Genabacia stellifera Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 34
1969Genabacia stellifera Fischer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyComoseridae
genusGenabaciaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
speciesstellifera()

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.

Genabacia stellifera Archiac 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:58:34
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:27:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia Genabacia stellifera (48396 48447 48451)