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Craspedophyllia cristata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Craspedophyllia cristata was named by Volz (1896). It is the type species of Craspedophyllia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Craspedophyllia cristata Volz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusCraspedophyllia
speciescristata

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
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: 2008-02-11 10:25:35
Modified: 2008-02-11 12:25:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ladinian to the top of the Julian or 242.00000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Slovenia Craspedophyllia cristata (36534)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Craspedophyllia cristata (38160 38161)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Craspedophyllia cristata (34691)