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Dipsastraea laxa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Orbicella laxa was named by Klunzinger (1879). It is extant.

It was recombined as Favia laxa by Inskipp et al. (2005); it was recombined as Dipsastraea laxa by Huang et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Orbicella laxa Klunzinger
2005Favia laxa Inskipp et al.
2014Dipsastraea laxa Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusDipsastraeade Blainville 1830
specieslaxa(Klunzinger 1879)

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.

Dipsastraea laxa Klunzinger 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Iran Favia laxa (25254)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran Favia laxa (25257)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji Favia laxa (124829)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Favia laxa (42289)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Favia laxa (108813)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Sulawesi Tenggara) Favia laxa (109175)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Favia laxa (80954)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Orbicella laxa (109651)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Favia laxa (87981)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Dipsastraea laxa (234198)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia Favia laxa (104657)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Favia laxa (88054)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt Favia laxa (120205)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Favia laxa (80955 80956 80958 80962 80963 107972)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) Favia laxa (109102)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Favia laxa (34475 103251 103256 103260 103261 103263 103265 103266 103267 103268 103269 103270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Favia laxa (120128)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Favia laxa (97528)