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Calyptopora

Hydrozoa - Stylasterina

Taxonomy
Calyptopora is a genus.

It was assigned to Stylasterina by Cairns and Grant-Mackie (1993).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Calyptopora Cairns and Grant-Mackie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
RankNameAuthor
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
orderStylasterina
genusCalyptopora

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-08-27 03:49:02
Modified: 2010-02-11 07:06:40
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Otaian to the top of the Messinian or 21.70000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (Auckland) C. reticulata (84915)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain C. sp. (56687)