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Dipsastraea amicorum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Favia amicorum was named by Edwards and Haime (1850). It is extant.

It was recombined as Barabattoia amicorum by Veron (2000); it was recombined as Dipsastraea amicorum by Huang et al. (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Favia amicorum Edwards and Haime
2000Barabattoia amicorum Veron
2014Dipsastraea amicorum Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusDipsastraeade Blainville 1830
speciesamicorum(Edwards and Haime 1850)

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.

Dipsastraea amicorum Edwards and Haime 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran Favia amicorum (25257)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt (Red Sea) Dipsastraea amicorum (234288)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Barabattoia amicorum (97528)