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Pleurostylina corallina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae

Taxonomy
Pleurostylina corallina was named by de Fromentel (1856). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Pleurostylina corallina de Fromentel
1975Pleurostylina corallina Eliasova p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
familyAmphiastreidaeOgilvie 1896
genusPleurostylinade Fromentel 1856
speciescorallinade Fromentel 1856

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.

Pleurostylina corallina de Fromentel 1856
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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: Oxfordian or 163.50000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Franche-Comte) Pleurostylina corallina (87801)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Ethiopia Goniastrea delemontana (93538)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Greece Pleurostylina corallina (85964)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Pleurostylina corallina (36533)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Greece Pleurostylina corallina (34719)