Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Thamnastraea fallax

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea fallax was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857).

It was recombined as Isastrea fallax by Etallon and Thurmann (1862), Etallon and Thurmann (1864).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Thamnastraea fallax Milne Edwards and Haime p. 389
1857Thamnastraea fallax Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 577
1862Isastrea fallax Etallon and Thurmann
1864Isastrea fallax Etallon and Thurmann p. 390 figs. pl. 55 fig. 8

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
speciesThamnastraea fallax
speciesfallax

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.

Thamnastraea fallax Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
show all | hide all
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