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Plesiostylina hourcqi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Plesiostylina hourcqi was named by Alloiteau (1958). Its type locality is Ampandrabé, which is in a Bathonian shallow subtidal limestone in Madagascar.

It was recombined as Stylina hourcqi by Kiessling (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Plesiostylina hourcqi Alloiteau
2014Stylina hourcqi Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusPlesiostylinaLamarck 1816
specieshourcqi

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.

†Plesiostylina hourcqi Alloiteau 1958
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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: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 02:50:36
Modified: 2008-01-28 04:50:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Bathonian or 167.70000 to 164.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Madagascar (Toliara) Plesiostylina hourcqi (type locality: 86495)