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Hexamphiastrea minima

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Amphiastraea minima was named by Prever (1909).

It was recombined as Amphiaulastrea minima by Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni (2002); it was recombined as Hexamphiastrea minima by Löser (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Amphiastraea minima Prever
2002Amphiaulastrea minima Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni
2012Hexamphiastrea minima Löser

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusHexamphiastrea
speciesminima(Prever 1909)

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.

Hexamphiastrea minima Prever 1909
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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 Early/Lower Aptian to the top of the Albian or 121.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Italy Hexamphiastrea minima (138339)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Greece Amphiaulastrea minima (74811)