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Thamnasteria lobata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Agaricia lobata was named by Goldfuss (1826). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Thamnasteria lobata by Geyer (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. delicata, T. lamourouxii, T. nikoletti, T. piparensis, T. silesica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Agaricia lobata Goldfuss p. 182
1954Thamnasteria lobata Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823
specieslobata(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

†Thamnasteria lobata Goldfuss 1826
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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 Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 171.60000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Chile Thamnasteria lobata (34631)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Lorraine) Thamnasteria lobata (93188)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia Thamnasteria lobata (68654 68678 68679)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Centro) Thamnasteria lobata (68220)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Thamnasteria lobata (68786 68809 68810 68817)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Portugal Thamnasteria lobata (68239)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Thamnasteria lobata (23904 34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Thamnasteria lobata (23902)