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Retiophyllia frechi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Retiophyllia frechi Roniewicz
1994Retiophyllia frechi Stanley, Jr. p. 89 figs. Pl 4, figs 5-9; text-fig 7
2012Retiophyllia frechi Shepherd et al. p. 807 figs. 6.21, 6.22
2015Retiophyllia frechi Stanley and Onoue p. 10 figs. 6a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusRetiophylliaCuif 1966
speciesfrechi

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.

Retiophyllia frechi Roniewicz 1989
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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: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 10:25:35
Modified: 2008-02-11 12:25:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lacian to the top of the Sevatian or 221.50000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Peru Retiophyllia frechi (144408)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Alaska) Retiophyllia frechi (80015)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Japan Retiophyllia frechi (165294)
Alaunian - Sevatian215.56 - 205.6Peru Retiophyllia frechi (36993)
Alaunian - Rhaetian215.56 - 201.3Iran (South Khorasan) Retiophyllia frechi (133222)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Calcareous Alps) Retiophyllia frechi (38141 38144 38145 38146)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Slovakia Retiophyllia frechi (42541)