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Favites spinosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Prionastraea spinosa was named by Klunzinger (1879). It is extant.

It was recombined as Favites spinosa by Vaughan (1907).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Prionastraea spinosa Klunzinger
1907Favites spinosa Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusFavitesLink 1807
speciesspinosa(Klunzinger 1879)

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.

Favites spinosa Klunzinger 1879
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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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Fiji Favites spinosa (124829)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan Favites spinosa (192909 192911 192912)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt (Red Sea) Favites spinosa (234289)