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Rhipidogyra costata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae

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()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhipidogyrina
familyRhipidogyridaeKoby 1905
subfamilyRhipidogyrinaeKoby 1905
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: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 08:39:44
Modified: 2008-01-26 10:39:44
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 161.20000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Franche-Comte) Rhipidogyra costata (93095)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Lower Saxony) Rhipidogyra costata (23910)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Rhipidogyra costata (31433)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Niedersachsen) Rhipidogyra costata (31435)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Rhipidogyra costata (68787 68815 68819)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Rhipidogyra costata (34660 67906)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain Rhipidogyra costata (34611)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Rhipidogyra costata (23904 34398)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Rhipidogyra costata (23902)