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Mycetaraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Microsolenidae

Taxonomy
Mycetaraea was named by Pratz (1882) [Sepkoski's age data: J Kimm]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Microsolenidae by Baron-Szabo and González-León (1999); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Mycetaraea Pratz
1999Mycetaraea Baron-Szabo and González-León p. 488
2002Mycetaraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyMicrosolenidaeKoby 1890
genusMycetaraeaPratz 1882

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. †Mycetaraea Pratz 1882
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Mycetaraea agaricoides Quenstedt 1881
Mycetaraea dimorpha Boelsche 1867
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 Early/Lower Kimmeridgian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 155.70000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Spain M. dimorpha (34611)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) M. agaricoides (23904) M. dimorpha, M. agaricoides (23903)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian129.4 - 122.46Mexico M. dimorpha (21253)