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Siderofungia morloti

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

Taxonomy
Astrea morloti was named by Reuss (1864).

It was recombined as Siderastrea morloti by Pfister (1980); it was recombined as Siderofungia morloti by Baron-Szabo (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Astrea morloti Reuss
1975Siderofungia zelinskae Kuzmicheva
1980Siderastrea morloti Pfister
2008Siderofungia morloti Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusSiderofungiaReiss 1889
speciesmorloti(Reuss 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.

†Siderofungia morloti Reuss 1864
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Invalid names: Siderofungia zelinskae Kuzmicheva 1975 [synonym]
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 07:27:06
Modified: 2008-01-28 09:27:06
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 61.60000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (Sind) Siderastrea morloti (11289)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Siderastrea morloti (75454)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Siderastrea morloti (10703)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine Siderofungia zelinskae (77068)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Ukraine (Dnipropetrovska Oblast) Siderofungia zelinskae (86682)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy Siderastrea morloti (69969)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy Siderastrea morloti (69940)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Turkey (Denizli) Siderastrea morloti (85566)