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Dimorphastraeopsis patellaris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Taxonomy
Dimorphastrea patellaris was named by Stoliczka (1873).

It was recombined as Dimorphastraeopsis patellaris by Alloiteau (1958).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Dimorphastrea patellaris Stoliczka
1958Dimorphastraeopsis patellaris Alloiteau

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyHaplaraeidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
subfamilyMeandrophylliinae
genusDimorphastraeopsis
speciespatellaris(Stoliczka 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.

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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: 2008-02-10 09:04:12
Modified: 2008-02-10 11:04:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 140.20000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Hungary Dimorphastraeopsis patellaris (25152)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Madagascar (Mahajanga) Dimorphastraeopsis patellaris (86498)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Armenia Dimorphastrea patellaris (86825)