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Calamophyllia sikesi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae

Taxonomy
Diplaraea sikesi was named by Gregory (1921).

It was recombined as Calamophyllia sikesi by Thomas (1963).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. alrotensis, C. rosicensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Diplaraea sikesi Gregory
1963Calamophyllia sikesi Thomas

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyCalamophylliidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusCalamophylliaBlainville 1830
speciessikesi(Gregory 1921)

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.

†Calamophyllia sikesi Gregory 1921
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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: Bathonian or 168.30000 to 166.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Tanzania Calamophyllia sikesi (85938 85945 85946)