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Mussismilia harttii

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Mussa harttii was named by Verrill (1868). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mussismilia harttii by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Mussa harttii Verrill
2005Mussismilia harttii Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusMussismiliaOrtmann 1890
speciesharttii(Verrill 1868)

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.

Mussismilia harttii Verrill 1868
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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 (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Mussismilia harttii (120358)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Mussismilia harttii (71395 71398)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica Mussismilia harttii (71418 71419)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Mussismilia harttii (71773 71774)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Mussismilia harttii (120202)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Mussismilia harttii (97664 97665)