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Myriophyllia rastellina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eugyridae

Taxonomy
Meandrina rastellina was named by Michelin (1843).

It was recombined as Dendrogyra rastellina by Koby (1881); it was recombined as Myriophyllia rastellina by Roniewicz (1976).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Meandrina rastellina Michelin
1881Dendrogyra rastellina Koby
1976Myriophyllia rastellina Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyEugyridaeFromentel 1861
genusMyriophylliad'Orbigny 1849
speciesrastellina(Michelin 1843)

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.

Myriophyllia rastellina Michelin 1843
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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 161.20000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Franche-Comte) Myriophyllia rastellina (87801)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Myriophyllia rastellina (93151 93152)
Late/Upper Jurassic163.5 - 145.0Indonesia Myriophyllia rastellina (68202 68481)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Romania Myriophyllia rastellina (35190)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Myriophyllia rastellina (68376)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Valanginian161.2 - 132.9China (Xizang) Myriophyllia rastellina (61414)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland Myriophyllia rastellina (68369 68382)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Romania Myriophyllia rastellina (35201)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Algeria Myriophyllia rastellina (85907)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Myriophyllia rastellina (68510)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Poland Myriophyllia rastellina (133384)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Myriophyllia rastellina (36533)