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Pleurophyllia trichotoma

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Pleurophyllia trichotoma was named by de Fromentel (1856).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Pleurophyllia trichotoma de Fromentel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusPleurophylliaFromentel 1856
speciestrichotomade Fromentel 1856

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.

Pleurophyllia trichotoma de Fromentel 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Middle Albian or 161.20000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Romania Pleurophyllia trichotoma (35191)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Georgia Pleurophyllia trichotoma (85930)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Portugal Pleurophyllia trichotoma (68611)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Turkmenistan Pleurophyllia trichotoma (85949)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal Pleurophyllia trichotoma (68588)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Poland Pleurophyllia trichotoma (68369 68370)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Pleurophyllia trichotoma (68586)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Czech Republic Pleurophyllia trichotoma (62219 62220)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Poland Pleurophyllia trichotoma (151546 151551)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Pleurophyllia trichotoma (36533)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Georgia Pleurophyllia trichotoma (85425)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Mexico Pleurophyllia trichotoma (21255)