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Comophyllia meriani

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Latimaeandra meriani was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Comophyllia meriani by de Fromentel (1861).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Latimaeandra meriani Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 86
1857Latimaeandra meriani Milne-Edwards p. 551
1861Comophyllia meriani de Fromentel p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusComophyllia
speciesmeriani(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)

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.

Comophyllia meriani Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available