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Morphastrea ludovicina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Agaricia ludovicina was named by Michelin (1845).

It was recombined as Dimorphastraea ludoviciana by Felix (1914); it was recombined as Morphastrea ludoviciana by Alloiteau (1957); it was recombined as Morphastrea ludovicina by Baron-Szabo et al. (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Agaricia ludovicina Michelin
1914Dimorphastraea ludoviciana Felix
1957Morphastrea ludoviciana Alloiteau
2003Morphastrea ludovicina Baron-Szabo et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusMorphastread'Orbigny 1850
speciesludovicina(Michelin 1845)

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.

Morphastrea ludovicina Michelin 1845
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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 Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Albian or 130.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Austria Morphastrea ludoviciana (221476)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian122.46 - 100.5Iran Morphastrea ludovicina (31651)