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Cladophyllia tenuis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae

Taxonomy
Cladophyllia tenuis was named by Koby (1889).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Cladophyllia tenuis Koby

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyCladophylliidae
genusCladophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851
speciestenuisKoby 1889

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.

Cladophyllia tenuis Koby 1889
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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 Bajocian to the top of the Callovian or 170.90000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Switzerland Cladophyllia tenuis (162347 162373)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Switzerland (Schwyz) Cladophyllia tenuis (86624)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Cladophyllia tenuis (36665)