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Balanophyllia praelonga

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Turbinolia praelonga was named by Michelotti (1838).

It was recombined as Balanophyllia praelonga by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848); it was recombined as Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) praelonga by Chevalier (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Turbinolia praelonga Michelotti
1848Balanophyllia praelonga Milne-Edwards and Haime
1961Balanophyllia (Eupsammia) praelonga Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusBalanophylliaWood 1844
speciespraelonga(Michelotti 1838)

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.

†Balanophyllia praelonga Michelotti 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:09:26
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:09:26
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Zanclean or 20.44000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Balanophyllia praelonga (70450)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Belgium Eupsammia praelonga (114830)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Poland Balanophyllia praelonga (38818)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany Eupsammia praelonga (124096)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Netherlands Balanophyllia praelonga (123969)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) Eupsammia praelonga (61905 61906)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Balanophyllia praelonga (38823)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco Eupsammia praelonga (161320 161391)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Sevilla) Eupsammia praelonga (123585)