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Dendrastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Dendrastrea was named by D'Orbigny (1849).

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

It was assigned to Thamnasteriidae by Beauvais (1966), Fischer (1969).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Dendrastrea D'Orbigny p. 9
1966Dendrastrea Beauvais p. 162
1969Dendrastrea Fischer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusDendrastrea

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. †Dendrastrea D'Orbigny 1849
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Dendrastrea dissimilis Michelin 1846
Dendrastrea langrunensis d'Orbigny 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:03:33
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:03:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Callovian or 201.40000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5Chile D. sp. (58536)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) D. langruensis (38159)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia D. langrunensis (36667)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Chile D. langrunensis (58742)