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Goniopora octopartita

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Taxonomy
Goniaraea octopartita was named by Oppenheim (1901). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Dictyaraea octopartita by Kolosvary (1956); it was recombined as Goniopora octopartita by Pavlovec (1959).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Goniaraea octopartita Oppenheim
1956Dictyaraea octopartita Kolosvary
1959Goniopora octopartita Pavlovec

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyPoritidae
genusGonioporaBlainville 1830
speciesoctopartita(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.

Goniopora octopartita Oppenheim 1901
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 11:33:30
Modified: 2008-02-04 13:33:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Dictyaraea octopartita (34481)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Croatia Goniopora octopartita (124373)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Hungary Dictyaraea octopartita (123837 123846)