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Opolestraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eckastraeidae

Taxonomy
Opolestraea was named by Morycowa (2018).

It was assigned to Eckastraeidae by Morycowa (2018).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Opolestraea Morycowa

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyEckastraeidaeMorycowa 2006
genusOpolestraea

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.

G. †Opolestraea Morycowa 2018
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Opolestraea exporrecta Weissermel 1925
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Morycowa 2018Corallum phaceloid, in places corallites interconnected.
Pellicular wall thin. Stereozonal internal wall present. Radial elements of septal type, costae absent or only rudimentary. Their lateral faces with strongly protruding granules, fused in places in pennula- or meniana-like
forms. Radial elements built of trabeculae small to medium-sized in diameter, arranged monolinearly, rarely larger in peripheral part. Lateral trabeculae occur perpendicularly to the median septal zone. Endotheca composed of large lateral dissepiments and smaller internal ones. Intracalicular marginal budding. Rarely by asymmetrical corallite division.
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 Pelsonian to the top of the Illyrian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Poland O. exporrecta (34729)