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Ovalastrea plicata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Favia plicata was named by Koby (1904).

It was recombined as Ovalastrea plicata by Pandey and Fürsich (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Favia plicata Koby
2003Ovalastrea plicata Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusOvalastread'Orbigny 1849
speciesplicata(Koby 1904)

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.

Ovalastrea plicata Koby 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 155.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Callovian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian164.7 - 150.8Iran (Tabas Area) Ovalastrea plicata (41417)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Ovalastrea plicata (68787 68803 68809 68810 68811 68815 68816)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Ovalastrea plicata (68594)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Portugal Ovalastrea plicata (68239)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Ovalastrea plicata (36533)