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Epismilia eudesi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae

Taxonomy
Epismilia eudesi was named by Fromentel de and Ferry de (1865). Its type specimen is OLOTYPE Epismilia eudesi de FROMENTEL & FERRY, 1865 MNHN-F-M03507, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by B. Lathuilière on 2026-06-12; modified by B. Lathuilière on 2026-06-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Epismilia eudesi Fromentel de and Ferry de p. 57 figs. pl. 12 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliina()
familyZardinophyllidaeMontanaro-Gallitelli 1975
genusEpismiliaFromentel 1861
specieseudesi

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.

Epismilia eudesi Fromentel de and Ferry de 1865
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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