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Mussa angulosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora angulosa was named by Pallas (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Caryophyllia angulosa by Lamouroux (1824); it was recombined as Lobophyllia angulosa by Blainville (1830); it was recombined as Mussa angulosa by Oken (1815), Dana (1846), De Buisonjé (1974).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. affinis, M. corymbosa, M. distans, M. echinata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Madrepora angulosa Pallas
1815Mussa angulosa Oken
1824Caryophyllia angulosa Lamouroux
1830Lobophyllia angulosa Blainville
1846Mussa angulosa Dana
1974Mussa angulosa De Buisonjé p. 223

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyMussinaeOrtmann 1890
genusMussaOken 1815
speciesangulosa(Pallas 1766)

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.

Mussa angulosa Pallas 1766
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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: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Sint Maarten Mussa angulosa (240915)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6USA (Puerto Rico) Mussa angulosa (71245)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Mussa angulosa (71385 71386 71394)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Bahamas Mussa angulosa (73658)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica Mussa angulosa (71415)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Jamaica Mussa angulosa (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Mussa angulosa (71725 71742 71747 71758 71762)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Mussa angulosa (75422)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) Mussa angulosa (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Mussa angulosa (103730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mussa angulosa (85457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Mussa angulosa (82821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (San Salvador) Mussa angulosa (148705)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Mussa angulosa (97552 97554)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Mussa angulosa (97610)