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Archaeosmilia brevis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Archaeosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Cylindrosmilia brevis was named by Melnikova (1989).

It was recombined as Archaeosmilia brevis by Melnikova and Roniewicz (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by W. Kiessling on 2024-04-02

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Cylindrosmilia brevis Melnikova
2020Archaeosmilia brevis Melnikova and Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyArchaeosmiliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusArchaeosmilia
speciesbrevis(Melnikova 1989)

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.

Archaeosmilia brevis Melnikova 1989
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. K. Melnikova and E. Roniewicz 2020The corallum is short. The septa are thick at
the wall and attenuate toward the center. Seven septa S1
subequal in length and thickness extend to the corallite center,
the septa S2 of similar number are shorter, the septa S3
are about a half of the radius in length; the septa S4 are the
shortest and sporadic. The dissepiments are differentiated
into tabuloid ones at the central part of the corallum,
and vesicular at its peripheral part. The wall is thin,
epithecal.
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: Pliensbachian or 192.90000 to 184.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Tajikistan (Gorno-Badakhshan) Archaeosmilia brevis (234057)