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Pleurosmilia portlandica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Axosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Pleurosmilia portlandica was named by de Fromentel (1856). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Pleurosmilia portlandica de Fromentel p. 856

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyAxosmiliidaeGeyer 1955
genusPleurosmiliaFromentel 1856
speciesportlandica

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.

Pleurosmilia portlandica de Fromentel 1856
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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: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Modified: 2014-08-29 06:43:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2014, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available