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Placophyllia florosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placophylliidae

Taxonomy
Placophyllia florosa was named by Eliasova (1976). Its type locality is Stramberk reef, Czechia, which is in a Tithonian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Stramberk Limestone Formation of the Czech Republic.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Placophyllia florosa Eliasova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderRhipidogyrina
familyPlacophylliidaeEliasova 1990
genusPlacophylliad'Orbigny 1848
speciesflorosa

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.

Placophyllia florosa Eliasova 1976
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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: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Valanginian or 150.80000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Italy Placophyllia florosa (154046)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Placophyllia florosa (type locality: 36533)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland (Alpstein  ) Placophyllia florosa (233521)