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Meandrina brasiliensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Ctenophyllia brasiliensis was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848). It is extant.

It was recombined as Meandrina brasiliensis by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Ctenophyllia brasiliensis Milne-Edwards and Haime
2005Meandrina brasiliensis Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
genusMeandrinaLamarck 1801
speciesbrasiliensis(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)

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.

Meandrina brasiliensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Meandrina brasiliensis (120356 120360 120393)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Meandrina brasiliensis (175591)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Meandrina brasiliensis (34539 34540)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Meandrina brasiliensis (120218)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Meandrina brasiliensis (97610)