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Mixastraea polyseptata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Mixastraea polyseptata was named by Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni (2002). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Agrostylia, Parnassos, which is in an Albian open shallow subtidal limestone in Greece.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Mixastraea polyseptata Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusMixastraea
speciespolyseptata

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.

Mixastraea polyseptata Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Albian or 145.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Austria Mixastraea polyseptata (192209 192222)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greece Mixastraea polyseptata (type locality: 74811)