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Placosmiliidae (disused)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Placosmiliidae was named by Alloiteau (1952).

It was assigned to Faviina by Turnsek (1997).

Entered
by W. Kiessling on 2004-02-03; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Placosmiliidae Alloiteau
1997Placosmiliidae Turnsek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPlacosmiliidaeAlloiteau 1952
familyPlacosmiliidaeAlloiteau 1952

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.

Fm. †Placosmiliidae Alloiteau 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008
Collections
No collection or age range data are available