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Eckastraeidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eckastraeidae

Taxonomy
Eckastraeidae was named by Morycowa (2006) [in Morycowa and Szulc 2006]. Its type is Eckastraea.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Morycowa (2018).

Subtaxa
Eckastraea (type genus), Opolestraea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Eckastraeidae Morycowa p. 42
2018Eckastraeidae Morycowa

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

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.

Fm. †Eckastraeidae Morycowa 2006
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G. †Eckastraea Morycowa 1988
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†Eckastraea prisca Weissermel 1925
G. †Opolestraea Morycowa 2018
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†Opolestraea exporrecta Weissermel 1925
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Illyrian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Poland Eckastraea prisca (34731)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Poland Eckastraea prisca, Opolestraea exporrecta (34729)