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Cladophyllia funiculus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron funiculus was named by Michelin (1843). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Calamophyllia funiculus by d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Cladophyllia funiculus by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857), de Fromentel (1861).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Lithodendron funiculus Michelin pp. p. 93 figs. pl. 19 fig. 7
1850Calamophyllia funiculus d'Orbigny p. 31
1857Cladophyllia funiculus Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 364
1861Cladophyllia funiculus de Fromentel p. 145

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyCladophylliidae
genusCladophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851
speciesfuniculus()

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.

Cladophyllia funiculus Michelin 1843
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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: Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Lorraine) Cladophyllia funiculus (93188)