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Dendrophyllia dendrophylloides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Dendrophyllia dendrophylloides was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Dendrophyllia dendrophylloides Milne-Edwards and Haime
1987Dendrophyllia weselovi Kuzmicheva

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusDendrophylliaBlainville 1830
speciesdendrophylloidesMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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.

Dendrophyllia dendrophylloides Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Dendrophyllia weselovi Kuzmicheva 1987 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:16:51
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:16:51
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Priabonian or 66.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Slovenia Dendrophyllia dendrophylloides (79272 79273 79274 79277)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Ukraine (Cherkaska) Dendrophyllia dendrophylloides (77069)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Dendrophyllia sp. (34652)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Dendrophyllia weselovi (77068)