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Diploria

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Diploria was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Faviidae by Johnson (1998), Veron (2000) and López-Pérez (2005); and to Faviinae by Budd et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Diploria Milne-Edwards and Haime
1998Diploria Johnson
2000Diploria Veron
2002Diploria Sepkoski
2005Diploria López-Pérez p. 83
2012Diploria Budd et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusDiploriaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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.

G. Diploria Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Diploria antiguensis Vaughn 1919
†Diploria bowersi Vaughan 1917
Diploria clilvosa Ellis and Solander 1768
†Diploria dumblei Vaughan 1919
†Diploria portoricensis Vaughan 1919
†Diploria sarasotana Weisbord 1974
†Diploria zambensis Budd and Johnson 1999
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (205 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skane) D. sp. (123002)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Egypt D. sp. (86950)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Italy D. sp. (146598)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1Greece D. sp. (166722)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica D. portoricensis (69724)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Italy D. sp. (155215)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Jamaica D. portoricensis (69725)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Somalia D. bellardii (123806)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mexico (Tamaulipas) Maeandra dumblei (124699)
Chattian - Rupelian28.1 - 28.1Greece D. sp. (166723 166724)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Puerto Rico Maeandra portoricensis (124635)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Italy D. sp. (25375)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda D. antiguensis (203877)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Greece D. sp. (79641)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) D. antiguensis (203881 203918)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Colombia D. labyrinthiformis (73800)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago D. zambensis (27584)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti D. sp. (60097 60103)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (Puerto Rico) D. sp. (71245)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Dominican Republic D. zambensis (84978 93719)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama D. zambensis (120360 120391)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Maeandra bowersi (124531)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic D. zambensis (93718 94095)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic D. zambensis (93735 93737 93792 94004)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica D. labyrinthiformis (71386 71396 71409 124267 124268 124271) D. sarasotana, D. labyrinthiformis (71398) D. sp. (198247) D. zambensis, D. sarasotana, D. labyrinthiformis (124265)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti D. sp. (66809) Maeandra labyrinthiformis (60894 60897)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Dominican Republic D. zambensis (93793) Maeandra labyrinthiformis (124778)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) D. sarasotana (146873)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica D. labyrinthiformis (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Bahamas D. labyrinthiformis (73648 73649)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) D. sarasotana (79958 85448)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica D. sarasotana (71414)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Bahamas D. labyrinthiformis (73663)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama D. labyrinthiformis (73627 73628 73633 120197 120198 120199 120278 120284) D. sarasotana (120288) D. zambensis (120287)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica D. labyrinthiformis (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bahamas D. labyrinthiformis (73668 73670)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica D. labyrinthiformis (71724 71739 71779 73617 73621)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti D. sp. (66812) Maeandra labyinthiformis (60881) Maeandra labyrinthiformis (60887)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Barbados D. sp. (148824)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Turks and Caicos Islands D. labyrinthiformis (165870)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados D. labyrinthiformis (102439 102444 102459)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Barbados D. sp. (88831)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia D. labyrinthiformis (102766 102767 102769 102770 102771 102772 102773 102774 102775 102776 102777 102778 102779 102780 102781 102782 102783 102784 102785 102789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) D. labyrinthiformis (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) D. labyrinthiformis (82821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica D. labyrinthiformis (176403)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas D. labyrinthiformis (102633 102635 102637 102639 102645 102649)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Virgin Islands, British D. labyrinthiformis (209867) D. sp. (209868 209871)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela D. labyrinthiformis (83666) D. sp. (83665 83667)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) D. labyrinthiformis (103518 103519 103521 103523 103524 103525 103526 103528 103531 103532 103533 103534 103535 103724 103725 103726 103727 103728 103729 103730 103731 103733)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Barbados D. labyrinthiformis (102421 102422 102431 102435)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Barbados D. labyrinthiformis (102414) D. sp. (83670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guadeloupe D. sp. (189821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) D. labyrinthiformis (102669 102670 102671 102672 102679 102680 102690 102692 102696 102699 102702 102704 102705 102706 102707 102708)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) D. labyrinthiformis (85457 102945 102946 102947 102948 102949 102950 102951) D. sp. (81108 127143 127146)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (San Salvador) D. sp. (148707)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Montserrat D. labyrinthiformis (209803)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Dominican Republic D. labyrinthiformis (34518 34519)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Belize D. sp. (80909 88824 88825)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Virgin Islands, U.S. D. sp., D. labyrinthiformis (119927)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles D. labyrinthiformis (80903 80904)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands D. labyrinthiformis (89553)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Belize D. sp. (97612)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. D. labyrinthiformis (97657 97658) D. sp. (97623 97624)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Antilles D. labyrinthiformis (97604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda D. labyrinthiformis (97611)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Barbados D. sp. (165800)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama D. sp. (165795)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands D. labyrinthiformis (97605)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) D. labyrinthiformis (97606) D. sp. (97610 97702 97703 97704 97705 165221 165253 165254 165255) D. sp., D. labyrinthiformis (97609)