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Ampakabastraea contorta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae

Taxonomy
Microsolena contorta was named by Koby (1906).

It was recombined as Ampakabastraea contorta by Beauvais (1972).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Microsolena contorta Koby
1972Ampakabastraea contorta Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPamiroseriidaeMelnikova 1984
genusAmpakabastraea
speciescontorta(Koby 1906)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-10 11:03:11
Modified: 2008-02-10 13:03:11
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004, Morycowa 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Centre) Ampakabastraea contorta (85965)