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Blastomussa merleti

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Plerogyridae

Taxonomy
Bantamia merleti was named by Wells (1961). It is extant.

It was recombined as Blastomussa merleti by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Bantamia merleti Wells
2005Blastomussa merleti Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyPlerogyridaeRowlett 2020
genusBlastomussaWells 1961
speciesmerleti(Wells 1961)

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.

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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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt Blastomussa merleti (120206)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Blastomussa merleti (87876)