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Parastrea meandrites

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Astrea meandrites was named by Michelin (1844). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Parastrea meandrites by d'Orbigny (1850).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Astrea meandrites Michelin p. 105 figs. pl. 24 fig. 2
1850Parastrea meandrites d'Orbigny p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusParastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
speciesmeandrites()

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.

Parastrea meandrites Michelin 1844
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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