Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Meandrastrea portlandica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Vallimeandra portlandica was named by Alloiteau (1960).

It was recombined as Complexastraeopsis portlandica by Eliasova (1976); it was recombined as Meandrastrea portlandica by Baron-Szabo (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Vallimeandra portlandica Alloiteau
1976Complexastraeopsis portlandica Eliasova
2009Meandrastrea portlandica Baron-Szabo

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
subfamilyMontlivaltiinaeDietrich 1926
genusMeandrastread'Orbigny 1849
speciesportlandica(Alloiteau 1960)

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.

Meandrastrea portlandica Alloiteau 1960
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: Late/Upper Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Czech Republic Complexastraeopsis portlandica (68783)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Complexastraeopsis portlandica (36533)