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Myriophyllia dumblei

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eugyridae

Taxonomy
Dendrogyra dumblei was named by Wells (1933). It is not extant. Its type locality is Speck's Crossing, Guadalupe River, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Edwards Limestone Formation of Texas.

It was recombined as Myriophyllia dumblei by Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Dendrogyra dumblei Wells
2009Myriophyllia dumblei Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyEugyridaeFromentel 1861
genusMyriophyllia
speciesdumblei()

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.

Myriophyllia dumblei Wells 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Albian or 110.10000 to 106.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3USA (Texas) Dendrogyra dumblei (type locality: 123320)