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Brachymeandra leptophylla

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Taxonomy
Adelastraea leptophyllia was named by Reuss (1854).

It was recombined as Confusastrea leptophylla by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857); it was recombined as Brachycoenia leptophylla by Baron-Szabo (1999); it was recombined as Brachymeandra leptophylla by Baron-Szabo (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Adelastraea leptophyllia Reuss
1857Confusastrea leptophylla Milne-Edwards and Haime
1999Brachycoenia leptophylla Baron-Szabo
2003Brachymeandra leptophylla Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyHaplaraeidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
subfamilyMeandrophylliinae
genusBrachymeandraAlloiteau 1957
speciesleptophylla(Reuss 1854)

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: 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: 2008-02-10 09:04:12
Modified: 2008-02-10 11:04:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the to the top of the Campanian or 122.46000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Tanzania Astraeofungia decipiens (85359)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece Siderofungia irregularis (34719)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Georgia Confusastrea leptophylla (91628)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria Brachymeandra leptophylla (74895)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria (Styria) Brachycoenia leptophylla (25479)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Bulgaria Brachycoenia leptophylla (67576)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman Brachycoenia leptophylla (206407)