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Plesiastrea microcalyx

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae

Taxonomy
Heliastrea microcalyx was named by Felix (1884). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Orbicella microcalyx by Felix (1903); it was recombined as Plesiastrea microcalyx by Gregory (1898), Gameil (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Heliastrea microcalyx Felix
1898Plesiastrea microcalyx Gregory
1903Orbicella microcalyx Felix
2003Plesiastrea microcalyx Gameil

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyPlesiastreidaeDai and Hong 2009
genusPlesiastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesmicrocalyx(Felix 1884)

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.

Plesiastrea microcalyx Felix 1884
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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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt Plesiastrea microcalyx (124239)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Türkiye Orbicella microcalyx (124508)