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Morphastrea laminata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Morphastrea laminata was named by Negus and Beauvais (1979). Its type locality is Steeple Ashton reef, England, which is in an Oxfordian reef, buildup or bioherm rudstone in the Steeple Ashton Coral Bed Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Morphastrea laminata Negus and Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusMorphastread'Orbigny 1850
specieslaminata

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.

Morphastrea laminata Negus and Beauvais 1979
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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 - 155.7United Kingdom Morphastrea laminata (type locality: 35300)