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Cystiphylloides robertsense

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae

Taxonomy
Mesophyllum robertsense was named by Stumm (1937). Its type specimen is USNM 94459 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cystiphylloides robertsense by Merriam (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Mesophyllum robertsense Stumm p. 440 figs. pi. 53, fig. 14; pi. 55, figs. 10a-c.
1974Cystiphylloides robertsense Merriam pp. 65 - 66 figs. Plate 23, figures 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderCystiphyllidaNicholson 1889
familyCystiphyllidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
genusCystiphylloides(Chapman 1893)
speciesrobertsense(Stumm 1937)

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. W. Merriam 1974The mature corallites are cylindrical and narrow for the genus; probably colonial. A definite peripheral zone of small dissepiments passes rather abruptly into an inner band of large dissepiments that are not sharply set off from the tabularium.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available