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Thamnasteria communis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae

Taxonomy
Centrastrea communis was named by de Fromentel (1861).

It was recombined as Thamnasteria communis by Beauvais (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Centrastrea communis de Fromentel
1964Thamnasteria communis Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyThamnasteriidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusThamnasteriaLeSauvage 1823
speciescommunis(de Fromentel 1861)

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.

Thamnasteria communis de Fromentel 1861
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 10:03:33
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:03:33
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Tithonian or 163.50000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Thamnasteria communis (93114)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Franche-Comte) Thamnasteria communis (93095 93102)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Spain Thamnasteria communis (69197)