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Notophyllia semivestita

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Notophyllia semivestita was named by Dennant (1899). It is not extant. Its type locality is Gellibrand River, which is in a Langhian marine horizon in Australia. It is the type species of Notophyllia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Notophyllia semivestita Dennant

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusNotophyllia
speciessemivestita

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.

Notophyllia semivestita Dennant 1899
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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: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Notophyllia semivestita (type locality: 122377)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Notophyllia semivestita (92292)