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Rhipidogyra costata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Aplosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Rhipidogyra costata was named by Becker (1875).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Rhipidogyra costata Becker

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyAplosmiliidaeFromentel 1861
genusRhipidogyraMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciescostataBecker 1875

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.

Rhipidogyra costata Becker 1875
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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 Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 157.90000 to 145.06000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Rhipidogyra costata (31433)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany (Niedersachsen) Rhipidogyra costata (31435)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) Rhipidogyra costata (93095)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Lower Saxony) Rhipidogyra costata (23910)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Rhipidogyra costata (34660 67906)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Rhipidogyra costata (34611)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal Rhipidogyra costata (68787 68815 68819)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Rhipidogyra costata (23904 34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Rhipidogyra costata (23902)