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Diploctenium subcirculare

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Diploctenium subcirculare was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Diploctenium subcirculare Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
subfamilyMeandrininaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusDiplocteniumGoldfuss 1827
speciessubcirculareMilne-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.

Diploctenium subcirculare Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedersubf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-06 07:49:36
Modified: 2008-02-06 09:49:36
Source: subf = subfamily, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 72.10000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6France (Aquitaine) Diploctenium subcirculare (87401)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0France (Aquitaine) Diploctenium subcirculare (87405)