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Thecomeandra

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Thecomeandra was named by Eliasova (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bajo J u Sepkoski's reference number: 658]. Its type is Thecomeandra remesi.

It was assigned to Montlivaltiidae by Stanley and Beauvais (1990); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
T. celtica, T. remesi (type species), T. vallieri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Thecomeandra Eliasova
1990Thecomeandra Stanley, Jr. and Beauvais
2002Thecomeandra Sepkoski

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

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. †Thecomeandra Eliasova 1973
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Thecomeandra celtica Eliasova 1976
Thecomeandra remesi Eliasova 1973
Thecomeandra vallieri Stanley, Jr. and Beauvais 1990
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

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 170.90000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2USA (Idaho) T. vallieri (4901)
Bajocian - Callovian170.9 - 161.5USA (Oregon) T. vallieri (99506)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy T. remesi (154046)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia T. celtica (62219) T. remesi (62220)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia T. remesi, T. celtica (36533)