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Caulastrea pseudoflabellum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron pseudoflabellum was named by Catullo (1852).

It was recombined as Calamophyllia pseudoflabellum by d'Achiardi (1868); it was recombined as Caulastrea pseudoflabellum by Pfister (1980).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Lithodendron pseudoflabellum Catullo
1864Calamophyllia fasciculata Reuss
1868Calamophyllia pseudoflabellum d'Achiardi
1980Caulastrea pseudoflabellum Pfister

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCaulastrea(Dana 1846)
speciespseudoflabellum(Catullo 1852)

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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Invalid names: Calamophyllia fasciculata Reuss 1864 [synonym]
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 Lutetian to the top of the Chattian or 47.80000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Slovenia Calamophyllia pseudoflabellum (71666)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Italy Calamophyllia pseudoflabellum (146598)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Caulastrea pseudoflabellum (10703)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Hungary Calamophyllia pseudoflabellum (123836 123837 123843)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy Caulastrea pseudoflabellum (70053)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Greece Caulastrea pseudoflabellum (79603)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Veneto) Calamophyllia fasciculata (91634) Caulastrea pseudoflabellum (91899)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy Caulastrea pseudoflabellum (69941 69950)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Italy Caulastrea pseudoflabellum (69702)