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Keriophyllia fischeri

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Isastrea fischeri was named by de Fromentel (1873).

It was recombined as Keriophyllia fischeri by Alloiteau (1958).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Isastrea fischeri de Fromentel
1958Keriophyllia fischeri Alloiteau

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusKeriophyllia
speciesfischeri(de Fromentel 1873)

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.

Keriophyllia fischeri de Fromentel 1873
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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 Bathonian to the top of the Bathonian or 167.70000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Madagascar (Toliara) Keriophyllia fischeri (86490)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Madagascar (Toliara) Keriophyllia fischeri (86480)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Toliara) Keriophyllia fischeri (86481)