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Cuifia columnaris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Cuifia columnaris Roniewicz

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusCuifiaMelnikova 1975
speciescolumnaris

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.

Cuifia columnaris Roniewicz 1995
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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 Sevatian or 235.00000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian235.0 - 232.0Slovenia Cuifia columnaris (68752)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Austria (Calcareous Alps) Cuifia columnaris (38148 38151)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Iran (Isfahan) Cuifia columnaris (138967)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Slovenia Cuifia columnaris (68768)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Slovenia Cuifia columnaris (68762 68764)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria Montlivaltia norica (36815)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Slovenia Cuifia columnaris (36572)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Calcareous Alps) Cuifia columnaris (38150) Cuifia columnaris, Coryphyllia elliptica (38144)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria Cuifia columnaris (22963)