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Virgularia

Anthozoa - Pennatulacea

Taxonomy
Virgularia is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pennatulacea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
V. patagonica
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Virgularia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
subclassOctocorallia
orderPennatulacea
genusVirgularia

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: carnivoresubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-11 22:03:30
Modified: 2009-05-12 00:04:28
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lujanian or 0.40000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina V. patagonica (204208)