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Culicia parasita

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron parasitum was named by Michelin (1847).

It was recombined as Cryptangia parasita by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849); it was recombined as Cryptangia parasitica by Buge (1957); it was recombined as Culicia parasitica by Chevalier (1961); it was recombined as Culicia parasita by Chaix and Cahuzac (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. intercostata, C. rubeola

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Lithodendron parasitum Michelin
1849Cryptangia parasita Milne-Edwards and Haime
1957Cryptangia parasitica Buge
1961Culicia parasitica Chevalier
2005Culicia parasita Chaix and Cahuzac

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyRhizangiidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusCuliciaDana 1846
speciesparasita(Michelin 1847)

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.

†Culicia parasita Michelin 1847
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-06 03:08:01
Modified: 2008-02-06 05:08:01
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Wells 1956, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Gelasian or 27.30000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Culicia parasitica (163836)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France (Aquitaine) Culicia parasita (88795)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Culicia parasita (70242) Culicia parasitica (70315 163837)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) Culicia parasita (88796)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Aquitaine) Culicia parasita (88797)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Culicia parasitica (70450)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Culicia parasita (88799)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Culicia parasitica (66288 163838)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Culicia parasita (70312)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France Culicia parasitica (163846)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63France (Pays de la Loire) Culicia parasita (88801)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63France Culicia parasitica (70510 70511)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France Culicia parasitica (163845)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France (Aquitaine) Culicia parasita (88798)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63France Culicia parasitica (34609)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246France Culicia parasitica (70512)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333France Culicia parasitica (163847)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58France (Basse-Normandie) Culicia parasitica (84622)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58France (Pays de la Loire) Culicia parasita (88800)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greece Culicia parasitica (71243)