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Retiophyllia delicatula

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Rhabdophyllia delicatula was named by Frech (1890).

It was recombined as Thecosmilia delicatula by Smith (1927); it was recombined as Retiophyllia delicatula by Prinz-Grimm (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Rhabdophyllia delicatula Frech
1927Thecosmilia delicatula Smith p. 127 figs. Pl 105, fig 4
1995Retiophyllia delicatula Prinz-Grimm

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusRetiophylliaCuif 1966
speciesdelicatula(Frech 1890)

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: Lacian or 221.50000 to 215.56000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Nevada) Thecosmilia delicatula (100391)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Chile Retiophyllia delicatula (34638)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Alaska) Thecosmilia delicatula (100529 100531)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Nevada) Thecosmilia delicatula (100412)