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Catenipora escharoides

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae

Taxonomy
Catenipora escharoides was named by Lamarck (1816). It is the type species of Catenipora.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Catenipora escharoides Lamarck
1955Catenipora escharoides Buehler p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHalysitinaSokolov 1947
familyHalysitidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
subfamilyCateniporinaeHamada 1957
genusCateniporaLamarck 1816
speciesescharoidesLamarck 1816

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.

Catenipora escharoides Lamarck 1816
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rhuddanian to the top of the Sheinwoodian or 443.40000 to 430.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2Sweden (Gotland) Catenipora escharoides (236314)
Rhuddanian - Aeronian443.4 - 438.5Russian Federation (Siberia) Catenipora escharoides (206465 206484)
Telychian - Sheinwoodian438.5 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Catenipora escharoides (13674)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Catenipora escharoides (13591 13675)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden Catenipora escharoides (77410)