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Dipsastraea matthaii

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Favia matthaii was named by Vaughan (1918). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dipsastraea matthaii by Huang et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Favia matthaii Vaughan
2014Dipsastraea matthaii Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusDipsastraeade Blainville 1830
speciesmatthaii()

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.

Dipsastraea matthaii Vaughan 1918
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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 Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Favia matthaii (124782)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea Favia matthaii (42736)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India Favia matthaii (165868)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Favia matthaii (34477 103254 103255 103261)