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Plesiophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Discussion

Plesiophyllia Koby 1884 is a junior homonym of Plesiophyllia Michelotti 1871

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Taxonomy
Plesiophyllia was named by Koby (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: J u Sepkoski's reference number: 796].

It was synonymized subjectively with Favites by Wells (1956).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Montlivaltiidae by Ricci et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Plesiophyllia Koby p. 157
2002Plesiophyllia Sepkoski
2018Plesiophyllia Ricci et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidae(Duncan 1884)
genusPlesiophyllia

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. †Plesiophyllia Koby 1884
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008
Collections
No collection or age range data are available