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Karatchastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy
Karatchastraea was named by Cuif (1976). It is not extant. Its type is Karatchastraea karatchensis.

It was assigned to Scleractina by Sepkoski (2002); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002), Kiessling (2008).

Species
K. karatchensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Karatchastraea Cuif
2002Karatchasoraea Sepkoski
2002Kratchasraea Sepkoski
2008Karatchastraea Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
genusKaratchastraeaCuif 1976

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. †Karatchastraea Cuif 1976
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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

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7China (Xizang) K. karatchensis (85518)