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Plesiastrea fungiformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae

Taxonomy
Plesiastrea fungiformis was named by Kühn (1933). Its type locality is Kahn-i-Shahr, which is in a Burdigalian perireef or subreef limestone in the Saidabad Coral Limestone Formation of Iran.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Plesiastrea fungiformis Kühn

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyPlesiastreidaeDai and Hong 2009
genusPlesiastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesfungiformis

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: 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 Aquitanian to the top of the Burdigalian or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Iran Plesiastrea fungiformis (25254)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran Plesiastrea fungiformis (25257)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran (Kerman) Plesiastrea fungiformis (type locality: 87117)