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Fromentellia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Fromentellia was named by Ferry (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: J m J u]. Its type is Fromentellia fabryana.

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

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by B. Lathuilière on 2026-03-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Fromentellia Ferry p. 217
1956Fromentellia Wells
2002Fromentellia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThecosmiliidae(Duncan 1884)
subfamilyMontlivaltiinaeDietrich 1926
genusFromentellia

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. †Fromentellia Ferry 1863
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Fromentellia fabryana Ferry 1863
Fromentellia rupellensis d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Ulophyllia meandrinoides Michelin 1843 [synonym]
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