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Calamophyllia tangana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae

Taxonomy
Calamophyllia tangana was named by Thomas (1963). Its type locality is Pongwe, loc. N 15, N 16, which is in a Bathonian carbonate limestone in the Tanga Limestone Formation of Tanzania.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. alrotensis, C. rosicensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Calamophyllia tangana Thomas

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyCalamophylliidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusCalamophylliaBlainville 1830
speciestangana

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.

†Calamophyllia tangana Thomas 1963
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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: Bathonian or 168.30000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Tanzania Calamophyllia tangana (type locality: 85946)