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Fungiastraea cotteaui

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea cotteaui was named by de Fromentel (1857).

It was recombined as Fungiastraea cotteaui by Baron-Szabo (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Fungiastraea cotteaui Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusFungiastraeaAlloiteau 1952
speciescotteaui(de Fromentel 1857)

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.

Fungiastraea cotteaui de Fromentel 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Cenomanian or 113.20000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.2 - 100.5Switzerland Fungiastraea cotteaui (193915)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Fungiastraea cotteaui (74193)