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Thamnastraea digitata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy
Astrea digitata was named by Defrance (1826) [The type species is attributed to Defrance under the art. 67-7 ICZN as d'Orbigny based his genus on Astrea digitata Michelin]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dactylocoenia digitata by d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Thamnastraea digitata by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Astrea digitata Defrance p. 386
1850Dactylocoenia digitata d'Orbigny p. 322
1857Thamnastraea digitata Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 565

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
speciesThamnastraea digitata(Defrance 1826)
speciesdigitata(Defrance 1826)

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 digitata Defrance 1826
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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
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