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Ovalastrea regularis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Ellipsocoenia regularis was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Ovalastrea regularis by Morycowa and Masse (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ellipsocoenia regularis d'Orbigny
2009Ovalastrea regularis Morycowa and Masse

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusOvalastread'Orbigny 1849
speciesregularis(d'Orbigny 1850)

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.

Ovalastrea regularis d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: Barremian or 129.40000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Poland Ellipsocoenia regularis (64118 67122 67123)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece Ellipsocoenia regularis (60375)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46France Ovalastrea regularis (64081)