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Dermosmilia nana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron nanum was named by Roemer (1836).

It was recombined as Cladophyllia nana by Boelsche (1867); it was recombined as Dermosmilia nana by Bertling (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Lithodendron nanum Roemer
1867Cladophyllia nana Boelsche
1993Dermosmilia nana Bertling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyDermosmiliidaeKoby 1887
genusDermosmiliaKoby 1884
speciesnana(Roemer 1836)

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.

†Dermosmilia nana Roemer 1836
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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: Late/Upper Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Lower Saxony) Dermosmilia nana (23916)