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Meandrastrea rudis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy

Dimorphastrea rudis was named by de Fromentel (1886).

It was recombined as Dimorphocoenia rudis by Götz et al. (2005); it was recombined as Meandrastrea rudis by Baron-Szabo (2018).

Synonyms

Meandrastrea lobata was named by Beauvais and M'Rabet (1977). Its type locality is Corals of Djebel Siouf, which is in a Berriasian marine marl in the Sidi Kralif Formation of Tunisia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Meandrastrea rudis by Baron-Szabo (2018).
Meandrastrea humilis was named by Beauvais and M'Rabet (1977). Its type locality is Corals of Djebel Siouf, which is in a Berriasian marine marl in the Sidi Kralif Formation of Tunisia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Meandrastrea rudis by Baron-Szabo (2018).
Meandrastrea fungiformis was named by Beauvais and M'Rabet (1977). Its type locality is Corals of Djebel Siouf, which is in a Berriasian marine marl in the Sidi Kralif Formation of Tunisia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Meandrastrea rudis by Baron-Szabo (2018).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1886	Dimorphastrea rudis de Fromentel
1977	Meandrastrea fungiformis Beauvais and M'Rabet
1977	Meandrastrea humilis Beauvais and M'Rabet
1977	Meandrastrea lobata Beauvais and M'Rabet
2005	Dimorphocoenia rudis Götz et al.
2018	Meandrastrea rudis Baron-Szabo

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943

Rank	Name	Author
superfamily	Faviicae	Gregory 1900
family	Montlivaltiidae	Dietrich 1926
subfamily	Montlivaltiinae	Dietrich 1926
genus	Meandrastrea	d'Orbigny 1849
species	rudis	(de Fromentel 1886)

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.

†Meandrastrea rudis de Fromentel 1886

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Invalid names: Meandrastrea fungiformis Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 [synonym], Meandrastrea humilis Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 [synonym], Meandrastrea lobata Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesubo

Grouping:

colonialf

Clonal:

yesf

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationarysubo

Attached:

yessubo

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

photosymbioticf

Diet 2:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-02-05 11:59:19

Modified:

2008-02-05 13:59:19

Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Hauterivian or 145.00000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian	145.0 - 140.2	Tunisia	Meandrastrea lobata, Meandrastrea humilis, Meandrastrea fungiformis (79219)
Late/Upper Berriasian	145.0 - 140.2	Austria	Meandrastrea rudis (192209 192216 192222)
Hauterivian	132.9 - 129.4	Spain	Dimorphocoenia rudis (56708)