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Thamnasteria mammosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea mammosa was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851).

It was recombined as Centrastrea mammosa by de Fromentel (1858); it was recombined as Thamnasteria mammosa by Beauvais (1972).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Thamnastraea mammosa Milne-Edwards and Haime
1858Centrastrea mammosa de Fromentel
1972Thamnasteria mammosa Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823
speciesmammosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)

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.

Thamnasteria mammosa Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
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: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:03:33
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:03:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Bathonian or 170.30000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Switzerland Thamnasteria mammosa (162373)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Centre) Thamnasteria mammosa (85965)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Thamnasteria mammosa (38159)