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Microsolena pavonia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Microsolena pavonia Étallon p. 523
1860Microsolena pavonia Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 198

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyComoseridae
genusMicrosolenaLamouroux 1821
speciespavonia

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.

Microsolena pavonia Étallon 1859
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. Milne-Edwards and J. Haime 1860Polypier turbiné, fixé sur un pédoncule étroit, à surface supérieure
plane ou convexe, et divisé en lobes anguleux sur les bords. Calices
indistincts, à fossette assez profonde, sinueuse, en entonnoir. Cloisons
minces, pas disposées à se grouper en faisceaux, et au nombre de 60
à 64 seulement. Epithèque complète, laissant voir sur quelques points
des côtes égales, moniliformes, fines, dichotomes et disposées en faisceaux
radiés. Diamètre des calices, 6 à 8 millimètres.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:53:12
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:53:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available