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Complexastrea zolleriana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron zollerianum was named by Quenstedt (1858).

It was recombined as Complexastrea zolleriana by Pandey and Fürsich (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. nobilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Lithodendron zollerianum Quenstedt
2003Complexastrea zolleriana Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
genusComplexastrea(d'Orbigny 1850)
specieszolleriana(Quenstedt 1858)

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.

†Complexastrea zolleriana Quenstedt 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Valanginian or 171.60000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.1 - 168.4Iran (Tabas Area) Complexastrea zolleriana (41398)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Bourgogne) Complexastrea zolleriana (38565 38566 38567 38569)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Lorraine) Complexastrea zolleriana (38550 38557 38561)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France Complexastrea zolleriana (21269 66949 66950 66952)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Mâconnais) Complexastrea zolleriana (38582)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Franche Comté) Complexastrea zolleriana (38576 38580)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.3 - 161.2Iran (Tabas Area) Complexastrea zolleriana (41416)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland (Alpstein  ) Complexastrea zolleriana (233521)