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Stephanomorpha

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae

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Junior homonym an insect genus

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Taxonomy
Stephanomorpha was named by Vaughan (1900). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Vaughan (1900); and to Siderastreidae by Kiessling (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Stephanomorpha Vaughan
2008Stephanomorpha Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familySiderastreidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusStephanomorpha

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.

G. †Stephanomorpha Vaughan 1900
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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 Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Paleocene or 99.60000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) S. saxirotundi (123263)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Greece S. sp. (203930)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) S. monticuliformis (87802)