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Morphastrea barcenai

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Thamnastraea barcenai was named by Felix (1891). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Astraeofungia barcenai by Löser (2006); it was recombined as Microsolena barcenai by Pandey et al. (2007); it was recombined as Morphastrea barcenai by Baron-Szabo (2009); it was recombined as Dimorpharaea barcenai by Gregory (1900) and Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Thamnastraea barcenai Felix
1900Dimorpharaea barcenai Gregory
2006Astraeofungia barcenai Löser
2007Microsolena barcenai Pandey et al.
2009Morphastrea barcenai Baron-Szabo
2009Dimorpharaea barcenai Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusMorphastread'Orbigny 1850
speciesbarcenai(Felix 1891)

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.

Morphastrea barcenai Felix 1891
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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: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 139.80000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Hungary Dimorpharaea barcenai (25151)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Georgia Dimorpharaea barcenai (89974)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Mexico (Puebla) Astraeofungia barcenai (89865)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Microsolena barcenai (83393)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) Dimorpharaea barcenai (74763)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Mexico (Guerrero) Dimorpharaea barcenai (89857)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Greece Astraeofungia barcenai (204527)