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Galaxea elegantissima

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Galaxea elegantissima Umbgrove

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyEuphylliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusGalaxeaOken 1815
specieselegantissima

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.

Galaxea elegantissima Umbgrove 1946
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-07 01:52:50
Modified: 2008-02-07 03:52:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Messinian or 20.44000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji Galaxea elegantissima (124829)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Fiji Galaxea elegantissima (124834)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Galaxea sp. 1 (45341)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Galaxea elegantissima (124833)