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Polymorphastraea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Polymorphastraea was named by Koby (1907) [Sepkoski's age data: J Bath-l Sepkoski's reference number: 2].

It was assigned to Amphiastreidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Polymorphastraea Koby
1956Polymorphastraea Wells
2002Polymorphastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusPolymorphastraeaKoby 1907

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. †Polymorphastraea Koby 1907
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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: Early/Lower Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Centre) P. variabilis (85965)