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Craspedophyllia alpina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Axosmilia alpina was named by Loretz (1875) [Belongs to Craspedophyllia, according to W. Volz, 1896. Solitary to phaceloid colonies. Solitary to phaceloid colonies]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Craspedophyllia alpina by Volz (1896).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Axosmilia alpina Loretz
1896Craspedophyllia alpina Volz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusCraspedophyllia
speciesalpina(Loretz 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.

Craspedophyllia alpina Loretz 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: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 10:25:35
Modified: 2008-02-11 12:25:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Lacian or 235.00000 to 215.56000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Slovenia Craspedophyllia alpina (67806)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Craspedophyllia alpina (38165 38166)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Craspedophyllia alpina (34691 38164)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Slovenia Craspedophyllia alpina (68760)