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Epistreptophyllum tricentrum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae

Taxonomy
Leptophyllia tricentra was named by Liao and Xia (1985).

It was recombined as Epistreptophyllum tricentrum by Baron-Szabo (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Leptophyllia tricentra Liao and Xia
2009Epistreptophyllum tricentrum Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyDermosmiliidaeKoby 1887
genusEpistreptophyllumMilaschewitsch 1876
speciestricentrum()

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.

Epistreptophyllum tricentrum Liao and Xia 1985
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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 Berriasian to the top of the Valanginian or 145.00000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9China (Xizang) Leptophyllia tricentra (74251 80569)