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Cycloseris cyclolites

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae

Taxonomy
Fungia cyclolites was named by Lamarck (1801). It is extant. It is the type species of Cycloseris.

It was recombined as Cycloseris cyclolites by Baron-Szabo (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. diegoensis, C. magnifica, C. patella

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Fungia cyclolites Lamarck
2008Cycloseris cyclolites Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyFungiicaeDana 1846
familyFungiidaeDana 1846
genusCycloserisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
speciescyclolites(Lamarck 1801)

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.

Cycloseris cyclolites Lamarck 1801
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:15:17
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:14:21
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Cycloseris cyclolites (108814)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Fungia cyclolites (45343 45344)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea Cycloseris cyclolites (42736)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Fungia cyclolites (109671)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Aceh) Fungia cyclolites (63123)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Fungia cyclolites (45337 45339)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan Fungia cyclolites (34877)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Taiwan Cycloseris cyclolites (89258)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Kalimantan) Fungia cyclolites (108807)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Indonesia (Talaud) Fungia cyclolites (42738)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Fungia cyclolites (63135)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Cycloseris cyclolites (62793)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt Cycloseris cyclolites (120203)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Cycloseris cyclolites (80719) Fungia cyclolites (93827)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Cycloseris cyclolites (97528)