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Retiophyllia dichotoma

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae

Taxonomy
Paradistichophyllum dichotomum was named by Melnikova (1975).

It was recombined as Retiophyllia dichotoma by Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Paradistichophyllum dichotomum Melnikova
2012Paradistichophyllum dichotomum Shepherd et al. p. 807 figs. 6.14-6.20, 6.23, 6.24
2014Retiophyllia dichotoma Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDistichophylliinaBeauvais 1980
familyReimaniphylliidaeMelnikova 1975
genusRetiophylliaCuif 1966
speciesdichotoma(Melnikova 1975)

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.

Retiophyllia dichotoma Melnikova 1975
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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: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 10:25:35
Modified: 2008-02-11 12:25:35
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Late/Upper Triassic or 208.50000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4China Paradistichophyllum dichotomum (161884)
Alaunian - Rhaetian215.56 - 201.3Iran (South Khorasan) Paradistichophyllum dichotomum (133222)
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Tajikistan Paradistichophyllum dichotomum (138590)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Tajikistan Paradistichophyllum dichotomum (138588 138589)