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Dimorpharaea koechlini

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae

Taxonomy
Microsolena koechlini was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1860).

It was recombined as Dimorpharaea koechlini by Baron-Szabo (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. contorta, D. manchacanensis, D. roemeri, D. williamsonensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Microsolena koechlini Milne-Edwards and Haime
2003Dimorpharaea koechlini Baron-Szabo
2003Microsolena koechlini Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyMicrosolenidaeKoby 1890
genusDimorpharaeade Fromentel 1861
specieskoechlini(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860)

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.

†Dimorpharaea koechlini Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
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: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:53:12
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:53:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Albian or 174.10000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.1 - 168.4Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena koechlini (41398)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.3 - 161.2Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena koechlini (41414 41416)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Dimorpharaea koechlini (93153 93154)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Franche-Comte) Dimorpharaea koechlini (93158 93185)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Dimorpharaea koechlini (93114)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Iran (Tabas Area) Microsolena koechlini (41422)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) Dimorpharaea koechlini (89995)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia Dimorpharaea koechlini (90017)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Dimorpharaea koechlini (36533)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Poland Dimorpharaea koechlini (64116)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Mexico (Sonora) Dimorpharaea koechlini (35101)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece Dimorpharaea koechlini (34719)