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Meandrophyllia textilis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae

Taxonomy
Astrea textilis was named by Goldfuss (1826).

It was recombined as Synastrea textilis by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850); it was recombined as Thamnastraea textilis by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851); it was recombined as Fungiastraea textilis by Leloux (1999); it was recombined as Meandrophyllia textilis by Baron-Szabo (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Astrea textilis Goldfuss
1850Synastrea textilis Milne-Edwards and Haime
1851Thamnastraea textilis Milne-Edwards and Haime
1999Fungiastraea textilis Leloux
2008Meandrophyllia textilis Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyHaplaraeidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
subfamilyMeandrophylliinae
genusMeandrophylliad'Orbigny 1849
speciestextilis(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

Meandrophyllia textilis Goldfuss 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
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: 2008-02-10 09:04:12
Modified: 2008-02-10 11:04:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 70.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Fungiastraea textilis (85268 85272 85273)