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Agathiphyllia hilli

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae

Taxonomy
Cyathomorpha hilli was named by Vaughan (1919). Its type locality is Willoughby Bay, which is in a Chattian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Antigua Formation of Antigua and Barbuda.

It was recombined as Agathiphyllia hilli by Frost and Langenheim (1974), López-Pérez (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. rochettina

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Cyathomorpha belli Vaughan
1919Cyathomorpha hilli Vaughan
1974Agathiphyllia hilli Frost and Langenheim, Jr.
2005Agathiphyllia hilli López-Pérez p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyAgathiphylliidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusAgathiphylliaReuss 1864
specieshilli()

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.

†Agathiphyllia hilli Vaughan 1919
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Invalid names: Cyathomorpha belli Vaughan 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Serravallian or 33.90000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jamaica Agathiphyllia hilli (69724)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mexico (Chiapas) Agathiphyllia hilli (85745)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda Agathiphyllia hilli (203875 203876 203878 203879)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Agathiphyllia hilli (203881 203918 203920) Cyathomorpha hilli (type locality: 34505 124705) Cyathomorpha hilli, Cyathomorpha belli (124537)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Mexico (Chiapas) Agathiphyllia hilli (31271)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Dominican Republic Cyathomorpha hilli (124747)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Jamaica Agathiphyllia hilli (69725)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Anguilla Agathiphyllia hilli (22971)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Panama Agathiphyllia hilli (120398 120403)