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Montastrea katzeri

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Heliastrea katzeri was named by Oppenheim (1901). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Orbicella katzeri by Kolosvary (1956); it was recombined as Montastrea katzeri by Kiessling (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Heliastrea katzeri Oppenheim
1956Orbicella katzeri Kolosvary
2008Montastrea katzeri Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastreaBlainville 1830
specieskatzeri(Oppenheim 1901)

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.

Montastrea katzeri Oppenheim 1901
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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 Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Hungary Orbicella katzeri (123846)