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Microsolena parva

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Taxonomy
Microsolena parva was named by Morycowa and Masse (2009). It is not extant. Its type locality is Moulin d'Aumage, which is in an Aptian perireef or subreef limestone in France.

It was recombined as Dimorpharaea parva by Löser and Bilotte (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Microsolena parva Morycowa and Masse
2017Dimorpharaea parva Löser and Bilotte

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyComoseridae
genusMicrosolenaLamouroux 1821
speciesparva

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.

Microsolena parva Morycowa and Masse 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:53:12
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:53:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 125.77000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Microsolena parva (64072)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France Microsolena parva (64076)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Microsolena parva (64075 type locality: 116614)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Dimorpharaea parva (187927)