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Thecosmilia laevis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

Discussion

The species is assigned with doubts to the genus Thecosmilia by Etallon

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Taxonomy
Thecosmilia laevis was named by Étallon (1859). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Thecosmilia laevis Étallon p. 491

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThecosmiliidaeDuncan 1884
genusThecosmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
specieslaevis

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.

Thecosmilia laevis Étallon 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available