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Cairnsipsammia merbeleri

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Cairnsipsammia merbeleri was named by aron-Szabo (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Cairnsipsammia merbeleri aron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusCairnsipsammiaBaron-Szabo 2015
speciesmerbeleriaron-Szabo 2015

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.

Cairnsipsammia merbeleri aron-Szabo 2015
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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: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 130.00000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Austria Cairnsipsammia merbeleri (221476)