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Diplaraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Taxonomy
Diplaraea was named by Milaschewitsch (1876) [Sepkoski's age data: J Oxfo-u K l Sepkoski's reference number: 823].

It was assigned to Haplaraeidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Diplaraea Milaschewitsch
1956Diplaraea Wells
2002Diplaraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyHaplaraeidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusDiplaraeaMilaschewitsch 1876

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. †Diplaraea Milaschewitsch 1876
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Diplaraea arbuscula Milaschewitsch 1876
Diplaraea croatica Turnsek 1975
Diplaraea sakamotoensis Eguchi 1951
Diplaraea somaensis Eguchi 1951
Diplaraea tosaensis Eguchi 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-10 09:04:12
Modified: 2008-02-10 11:04:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 154.80000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Japan (Fukushima) D. somaensis (85574)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia D. croatica (68682)
Kimmeridgian - Late/Upper Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Italy D. sp. (154047)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Croatia (Primorsko-Goranska) D. croatica (85809)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) D. arbuscula (23904 34398)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Japan (Kumamoto) D. sakamotoensis (91399)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Japan (Kochi) D. tosaensis (91381)