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Myriophyllia angustata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eugyridae

Taxonomy
Meandrina angustata was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Dendrogyra angustata by Etallon (1859); it was recombined as Myriophyllia angustata by Geyer (1955).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. thurmanni, M. trinitatis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Meandrina angustata d'Orbigny
1859Dendrogyra angustata Etallon
1955Myriophyllia angustata Geyer

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyEugyridaeFromentel 1861
genusMyriophylliad'Orbigny 1849
speciesangustata(d'Orbigny 1850)

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.

†Myriophyllia angustata d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 161.20000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Myriophyllia angustata (85959 93151 93152)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Greece Myriophyllia angustata (86170)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Russian Federation Myriophyllia angustata (90020)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Slovenia Myriophyllia angustata (68690 68703)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1France (Rhone-Alpes) Myriophyllia angustata (93270)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain Myriophyllia angustata (34611)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Myriophyllia angustata (68510)