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Manicina areolata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora areolata was named by Linnaeus (1758).

It was recombined as Maeandrina areolata by Lesueur (1821); it was recombined as Maeandra areolata by Verrill (1901); it was recombined as Manicina areolata by Leuckart (1841) and Duerden (1902).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. flexuosa

Synonyms
  • Manicina mayori was named by Wells (1936). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Manicina areolata by Kiessling et al. (2011).
  • Madrepora gyrosa was named by Ellis and Solander (1786).

    It was recombined as Meandrina gyrosa by Lamarck (1816); it was recombined as Manicina gyrosa by Ehrenberg (1834) and Verrill (1901); it was recombined as Colpophyllia gyrosa by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848); it was recombined as Mussa gyrosa by Dana (1848); it was synonymized subjectively with Manicina areolata by Cairns (1982) and Cairns (1982).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Madrepora areolata Linnaeus
1786Madrepora gyrosa Ellis and Solander
1816Meandrina gyrosa Lamarck
1821Maeandrina areolata Lesueur
1834Manicina gyrosa Ehrenberg
1841Manicina areolata Leuckart
1848Mussa gyrosa Dana
1848Colpophyllia gyrosa Milne-Edwards and Haime
1901Maeandra areolata Verrill
1901Manicina gyrosa Verrill
1902Manicina areolata Duerden
1936Manicina mayori Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusManicinaEhrenberg 1834
speciesareolata(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

†Manicina areolata Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Manicina gyrosa Ellis and Solander 1786 [synonym], Manicina mayori Wells 1936 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 08:28:12
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:28:12
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (106 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Dominican Republic Manicina gyrosa (124780) Manicina mayori (84985)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Manicina areolata (35026)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Manicina areolata (71395 71398 124267 124271) Manicina mayori (71374 71396) Manicina mayori, Manicina areolata (71409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Jamaica Manicina areolata (34539 34540)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica Manicina mayori (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Bahamas Manicina areolata (73661)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Florida) Manicina areolata, Manicina gyrosa (85449)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica Manicina areolata (71411 71412 71414 71419) Manicina mayori (71417 71421)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Jamaica Manicina mayori (34541)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Jamaica Manicina mayori (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bahamas Manicina areolata (73667)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Manicina areolata (71722 71726 71731 71745 71758 71760 71762 71763 71770) Manicina mayori (71422 71729 71735 71741 71765 71777 71778 71779 73621 73624 73625) Manicina mayori, Manicina areolata (71725 71764)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Manicina areolata (73630 80304 120201 120289)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Haiti Maeandra areolata (60880 60881)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Maeandra areolata (75419 75424) Maeandra areolata, Manicina gyrosa (75422 75423) Manicina gyrosa (75418)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Manicina areolata (85455 88642)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Manicina areolata (102633 102645)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saint Kitts and Nevis Manicina areolata (209801)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Manicina areolata (85457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Manicina areolata (80857 103503 103504 103507 103508 103510 103511 103513 103514 103515 103516 103517 103518 103519 103520 103521 103523 103524 103525 103526 103527 103528 103529 103534 103535 103724 103725 103726 103727 103728 103729 103730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) Manicina areolata (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Belize Manicina areolata (80912 88826 88828)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Dominica Colpophyllia gyrosa (209345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Sint Eustatius) Manicina areolata (209789 209792)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Manicina areolata (97552 97553 97554)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Manicina areolata (97610)