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Beneckastraea medialis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae

Taxonomy
Beneckastraea medialis was named by Deng and Zhang (1984). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Beneckastraea medialis Deng and Zhang

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPamiroseriidaeMelnikova 1984
genusBeneckastraeaCuif 1976
speciesmedialis

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.

Beneckastraea medialis Deng and Zhang 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialg
Clonal: yesg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticg
Diet 2: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-10 08:34:13
Modified: 2008-02-10 10:34:13
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: Late/Upper Triassic or 237.00000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4China Beneckastraea medialis (161881)