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Dipsastraea albida

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Favia albidus was named by Veron (2000). It is extant.

It was recombined as Dipsastraea albida by Khalil et al. (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. costata, D. exilis, D. meneguzzoi, D. profunda, D. subdenticulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Favia albidus Veron
2021Dipsastraea albida Khalil et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusDipsastraeade Blainville 1830
speciesalbida(Veron 2000)

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.

Dipsastraea albida Veron 2000
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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

Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Dipsastraea albida (234198)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Malaysia (Terengganu Darul Iman) Favia albidus (167463)