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Stylina tenax

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Stylina tenax was named by Etallon and Thurmann (1864).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Stylina tenax Etallon and Thurmann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusStylinaLamarck 1816
speciestenaxEtallon and Thurmann 1864

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.

Stylina tenax Etallon and Thurmann 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 02:50:36
Modified: 2008-01-28 04:50:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Oxfordian or 174.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3Iran (Tabas Area) Stylina tenax (41399)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Stylina tenax (93094)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Stylina tenax (93114)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Georgia Stylina tenax (90001)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Azerbaijan Stylina tenax (78420)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia Stylina tenax (90018 90027)