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Mycetophyllia lamarckiana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Mycetophyllia lamarckiana was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. heterophylla, M. mirabilis
Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2008-12-22; modified by W. Kiessling on 2020-01-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Mycetophyllia lamarckiana Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyMussinaeOrtmann 1890
genusMycetophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
specieslamarckianaMilne-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.

Mycetophyllia lamarckiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica Mycetophyllia lamarckiana (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica Mycetophyllia lamarckiana (71415)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Mycetophyllia lamarckiana (71725 71745 71776 73621)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Jamaica Mycetophyllia lamarckiana (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Mycetophyllia lamarckiana (120202 120354)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Mycetophyllia lamarckana (75422)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) Mycetophyllia lamarckiana (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Mycetophyllia lamarckiana (88952)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Mycetophyllia lamarckiana (85457)