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Gravieropsammia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Gravieropsammia was named by Filliozat (1910).

It was assigned to Acroporidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Gravieropsammia Filliozat
1956Gravieropsammia Wells
2002Gravieropsamma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusGravieropsammiaFilliozat 1910

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. †Gravieropsammia Filliozat 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryg
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:23:31
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:23:31
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
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