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Alpinophyllia plana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Alpinophylliidae

Taxonomy
Latomaeandra plana was named by Laube (1865).

It was recombined as Isastrea plana by Fürsich and Wendt (1977); it was recombined as Alpinophyllia plana by Kiessling (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Latomaeandra plana Laube p. 40 figs. Pl 6, fig 3
1977Isastrea plana Fürsich and Wendt
2008Alpinophyllia plana Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
familyAlpinophylliidaeRoniewicz 1989
genusAlpinophylliaRoniewicz 1989
speciesplana()

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.

Alpinophyllia plana Laube 1865
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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: base of the Julian to the top of the Norian or 235.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Isastraea plana (38161) Isastrea plana (38166)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Isastrea plana (34691)
Norian228.0 - 208.5East Timor Isastrea plana (21166)