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Microsolena

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Microsolena Lamouroux
1976Microsolena Roniewicz
1991Microsolena Errenst
2002Microsolena Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyMicrosolenidaeKoby 1890
genusMicrosolenaLamouroux 1821

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. †Microsolena Lamouroux 1821
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Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859
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Invalid names: Microsolena variolata Gregory 1900 [synonym]
Microsolena amorpha Gregory 1900
Microsolena arishensis Alloiteau and Farag 1964
Microsolena besairiei Alloiteau 1958
Microsolena caesaris Koby 1887
Microsolena cavernosa Koby 1888
Microsolena corticata Ogilvie 1897
Microsolena delicatula Wells 1948
Microsolena exigua Koby 1887
Microsolena fascicularis Ogilvie 1897
Microsolena foliosa Roniewicz 1976
Microsolena formosa Morycowa and Decrouez 2006
Microsolena guttata Koby 1897
Microsolena hassimguitaensis Beauvais and Nouiouat 1993
Microsolena hemispherica Beauvais and Negus 1975
Microsolena interjecta Alloiteau 1958
Microsolena japonica Eguchi 1951
Microsolena julii Etallon 1862
Microsolena kobyi Prever 1909
Microsolena kugleri Wells 1948
Microsolena loginovae Krasnov and Starostina 1970
Microsolena major Ferry 1861
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Invalid names: Microsolena distefanoi Prever 1909 [synonym]
Microsolena mosensis Beauvais 1964
Microsolena multisepta Draganescu and Beauvais 1985
Microsolena ornata Koby 1887
Microsolena parva Morycowa and Masse 2009
Microsolena piriformis Beauvais 1972
Microsolena plana Laube 1865
Microsolena porosa Lamouroux 1821
Microsolena ramosa Münster 1841
Microsolena regularis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Microsolena sadeki Alloiteau and Farag 1964
Microsolena sinuata Etallon 1862
Microsolena stellata Ogilvie 1897
Microsolena subexcavata Eguchi 1951
Microsolena subturbinata Gregory 1900
Microsolena texana Wells 1932
Microsolena thurmanni Koby 1887
Microsolena tuberosa Michelin 1843
Microsolena verdati Koby 1889
Microsolena yabei Eguchi 1951
Microsolena zangbeiensis Liao and Li 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:53:12
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:53:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 235.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (335 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Agaricia ramosa (137429)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Myanmar M. sp. (79543)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Thailand M. exigua (79538)
Aalenian - Early/Lower Bajocian174.1 - 168.4Iran (Tabas Area) M. verdati (41398)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3Iran (Tabas Area) M. agariciformis, M. verdati (41397) M. ornata (41396)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Mâconnais) M. major (38582 38583 38584 38585 38586 38587)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Iran M. ornata (73967) M. verdati (73966)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4France (Bourgogne) Dimorpharaea verdati (38572)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Chile Fungiastraea major (34631)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Bathonian171.6 - 164.7Iran (Tabas Area) M. agariciformes, M. agariciformis (41402) M. agariciformis, M. verdati, M. ornata (41408)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Middle Albian - Late/Upper Albian109.0 - 99.6USA (New Mexico) M. distefanoi (35097)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) M. kugleri, M. delicatula (94265)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Greece M. interjecta (203930)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany (Sachsen) M. kugleri (74192)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Dimorpharaea parva (187927)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Madagascar (Mahajanga) M. besairiei (86510)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Serbia and Montenegro M. distefanoi (79221)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria M. distefanoi, M. kobyi (24265 24266)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain M. sp., M. distefanoi (31572)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico M. sp. (145214)