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Chorisastraea dubia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy
Chorisastraea dubia was named by Becker (1875). It is a 3D body fossil.

Entered
by B. Lathuilière on 2026-07-02; modified by B. Lathuilière on 2026-07-02

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Chorisastraea dubia Becker p. 161 figs. pl. 39 fig. 7-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
genusChorisastraeaFromentel 1861
speciesdubia

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.

Chorisastraea dubia Becker 1875
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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