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Dendraraea dendroidea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae

Taxonomy
Microsolena dendroidea was named by Ferry (1861).

It was recombined as Dendraraea dendroidea by Pandey and Fürsich (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Microsolena dendroidea Ferry
2003Dendraraea dendroidea Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyMicrosolenidaeKoby 1890
genusDendraraead'Orbigny 1849
speciesdendroidea(Ferry 1861)

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.

Dendraraea dendroidea Ferry 1861
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
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: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:53:12
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:53:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Middle Callovian or 170.30000 to 161.20000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France Dendraraea dendroidea (38591 66948 66949 66950 66952 66954)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Mâconnais) Dendraraea dendroidea (38584 38585)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Franche Comté) Dendraraea dendroidea (38573)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Lorraine) Dendraraea dendroidea (38560 38561)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Bourgogne) Dendraraea dendroidea (38567)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Slovakia Dendraraea dendroidea (60237)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Slovakia (Trenčín) Dendraraea dendroidea (234458 234459 234460 234461)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.3 - 161.2Iran (Tabas Area) Dendraraea dendroidea (41410)