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Latiphyllia confluens

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diplocteniopsidae

Taxonomy
Astrea confluens was named by Quenstedt (1843).

It was recombined as Astraea confluens by Quenstedt (1852); it was recombined as Thamnastraea confluens by Ogilvie (1897); it was recombined as Thamnasteria confluens by Geyer (1954); it was recombined as Synastrea confluens by Geyer (1955) and Geyer (1955); it was recombined as Clausastrea confluens by Morycowa (1968); it was recombined as Latiphyllia confluens by Pandey and Fürsich (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Astrea confluens Quenstedt
1852Astraea confluens Quenstedt
1897Thamnastraea confluens Ogilvie
1954Thamnasteria confluens Geyer
1955Synastrea confluens Geyer
1968Clausastrea confluens Morycowa p. 25
2003Latiphyllia confluens Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDiplocteniopsidaeZlatarski 1968
genusLatiphylliaFromentel 1861
speciesconfluens(Quenstedt 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.

Latiphyllia confluens Quenstedt 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 Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 171.60000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3Iran (Tabas Area) Latiphyllia confluens (41396)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Bathonian171.6 - 164.7Iran (Tabas Area) Latiphyllia confluens (41408)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Latiphyllia confluens (93114)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Latiphyllia confluens (93098)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Niedersachsen) Latiphyllia confluens (23919)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom Latiphyllia confluens (35300)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Lower Saxony) Latiphyllia confluens (23917 23918 23921)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Czech Republic Clausastrea confluens (62219 62220)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Georgia Clausastrea confluens (85933)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Synastrea confluens (36533 36537 36539)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian150.8 - 140.2Spain (Valencia) Thamnastraea confluens (87799)