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Montastrea lepidoides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Phyllocoenia lepidoides was named by Trauth (1911).

It was recombined as Phyllocoeniopsis lepidoides by Eliasova (1989); it was recombined as Montastrea lepidoides by Baron-Szabo (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Phyllocoenia lepidoides Trauth
1989Phyllocoeniopsis lepidoides Eliasova
2008Phyllocoenia lepidoides Kiessling
2009Montastrea lepidoides Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
specieslepidoides(Trauth 1911)

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.

Montastrea lepidoides Trauth 1911
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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 Cenomanian to the top of the Santonian or 100.50000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Czech Republic Phyllocoeniopsis lepidoides (67562)