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Cylindrosmilia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy
Cylindrosmilia is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Cylindrosmilia cylindrata.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
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YearName and author
2002Cylindrosmilia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
genusCylindrosmilia

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryg
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: 2008-02-11 05:22:32
Modified: 2008-02-11 07:22:32
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Roniewicz 1976
Collections
No collection or age range data are available