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Baryphyllia confusa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae

Taxonomy
Barysmilia confusa was named by D'Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Baryphyllia confusa by de Fromentel (1863).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Barysmilia confusa D'Orbigny
1863Baryphyllia confusa de Fromentel
2009Ovalastrea malpaso Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyCalamophylliidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusBaryphylliaFromentel 1857
speciesconfusa(D'Orbigny 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.

Baryphyllia confusa D'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Ovalastrea malpaso Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009 [synonym]
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: photosymbioticg
Diet 2: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-20 13:34:11
Modified: 2009-10-20 15:34:11
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 125.00000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico Baryphyllia confusa (69900)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Mexico (Guerrero) Ovalastrea malpaso (89854 89857)