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Kompsasteria salinaria

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyclophylliidae

Taxonomy
Isastrea salinaria was named by Reuss (1855).

It was recombined as Kompsasteria salinaria by Kiessling (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Isastrea salinaria Reuss
1890Isastrea salinaria Frech
2008Kompsasteria salinaria Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
superfamilyVolzeioideaCuif 1977
familyCyclophylliidaeRoniewicz 1989
genusKompsasteriaRoniewicz 1989
speciessalinaria(Reuss 1855)

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.

Kompsasteria salinaria Reuss 1855
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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: Sevatian or 211.18000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Iran Isastrea salinaria (34635 36869)