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Thamnasteria scita

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Thamnasteria scita was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851).

It was recombined as Stereocaenia scita by Beauvais (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Thamnasteria scita Milne-Edwards and Haime
1970Stereocaenia scita Beauvais
2003Thamnasteria scita Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823
speciesscitaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851

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.

Thamnasteria scita Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
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: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:03:33
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:03:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 174.10000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.1 - 168.4Iran (Tabas Area) Thamnasteria scita (41398)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian164.7 - 155.7Iran (Tabas Area) Thamnasteria scita (41419)
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian164.7 - 150.8Iran (Tabas Area) Thamnasteria scita (41417)