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Oxypora lacera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Trachypora lacera was named by Verrill (1864). It is extant.

It was recombined as Oxypora lacera by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Trachypora lacera Verrill
2005Oxypora lacera Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusOxyporaSaville-Kent 1871
specieslacera(Verrill 1864)

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.

Oxypora lacera Verrill 1864
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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 Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Oxypora lacera (42736)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia Oxypora lacera (104657)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Oxypora lacera (97528)