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Diploastrea crassicostata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Diploastraeidae

Taxonomy
Goniastrea crassicostata was named by Michelotti (1871).

It was recombined as Thegioastraea crassicostata by Chevalier (1961); it was recombined as Diploastrea crassicostata by Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Goniastrea crassicostata Michelotti
1961Thegioastraea crassicostata Chevalier
2014Diploastrea crassicostata Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyDiploastraeidaeChevalier and Beauvais 1987
genusDiploastreaMatthai 1914
speciescrassicostata(Michelotti 1871)

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.

Diploastrea crassicostata Michelotti 1871
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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: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Thegioastraea crassicostata (70450)