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Dictuophyllia radiata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Meandrina radiata was named by Michelin (1847).

It was recombined as Dictuophyllia radiata by Baron-Szabo (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Meandrina radiata Michelin
2003Dictuophyllia radiata Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusDictuophylliaBlainville 1830
speciesradiata(Michelin 1847)

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.

Dictuophyllia radiata Michelin 1847
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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: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 86.30000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria Dictuophyllia radiata (74895)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Dictuophyllia radiata (31572)