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Mopsea costata

Anthozoa - Alcyonacea - Isididae

Taxonomy
Mopsea costata was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Mopsea costata Milne-Edwards and Haime
1999Mopsea costata Squires p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderAlcyonaceaLamouroux 1816
familyIsididaeLamouroux 1812
genusMopsea
speciescostataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850

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.

Mopsea costata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-11 22:04:14
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:36:48
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Mopsea costata (207322)