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Dipsastraea maxima

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Favia maxima was named by Veron and Pichon (1977). It is extant.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Favia maxima Veron and Pichon
2014Dipsastraea maxima Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusDipsastraeade Blainville 1830
speciesmaxima(Veron and Pichon 1977)

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 maxima Veron and Pichon 1977
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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 Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan Favia maxima (87989 87990)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Favia maxima (62778)