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Dactylaraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae

Taxonomy
Dactylaraea was named by D'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: J u].

It was assigned to Microsolenidae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Comoseridae by Cairns et al. (2010).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Dactylaraea D'Orbigny p. 11
1956Dactylaraea Wells
2002Dactylaraea Sepkoski
2010Dactylaraea Cairns et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyComoseridae
genusDactylaraea

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.

G. †Dactylaraea D'Orbigny 1849
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Dactylaraea truncata D'Orbigny 1849
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:53:12
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:53:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 161.50000 to 154.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Czechia D. truncata (61227)