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Andemantastraea michelini

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Andemantastraeidae

Taxonomy
Andemantastraea michelini was named by Beauvais (1964). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Liffol, which is in an Oxfordian marine horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Andemantastraea michelini Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
familyAndemantastraeidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusAndemantastraeaAlloiteau 1951
speciesmichelini

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.

Andemantastraea michelini Beauvais 1964
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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 Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 163.50000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France Andemantastraea michelini (type locality: 93261)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Andemantastraea michelini (89994)