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Eupsammia compressa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Eupsammia compressa was named by Sismonda (1871). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Balanophyllia compressa by Seguenza (1880) and Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Eupsammia compressa Sismonda
1880Balanophyllia compressa Seguenza
2014Balanophyllia compressa Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusEupsammiaWood 1844
speciescompressaSismonda 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.

Eupsammia compressa Sismonda 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:09:26
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:09:26
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco Eupsammia compressa (161391)