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Platygyra crosslandi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Coeloria crosslandi was named by Matthai (1928). It is extant.

It was recombined as Platygyra crosslandi by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Coeloria crosslandi Matthai
2005Platygyra crosslandi Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusPlatygyraEhrenberg 1834
speciescrosslandi(Matthai 1928)

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.

Platygyra crosslandi Matthai 1928
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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 Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malaysia Platygyra crosslandi (216100)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt Platygyra crosslandi (120213)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) Platygyra crosslandi (109236)