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Hexamphiastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Hexamphiastrea was named by Löser (2012). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Amphiastraeidae by Löser (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Hexamphiastrea Löser

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusHexamphiastrea

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.

G. †Hexamphiastrea Löser 2012
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Hexamphiastrea minima Prever 1909
Hexamphiastrea suprema Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 1997
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: base of the to the top of the Albian or 122.46000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Italy H. guiscardii, H. minima (138339) H. sp. (138343) H. suprema (138340)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece H. sp. (138342) H. suprema (138341)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Tanzania Metaulastraea guiscardii (85372)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greece Amphiaulastrea suprema, Amphiaulastrea minima (74811)