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Dichocoenia tuberosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Dichocoenia tuberosa Duncan p. 432

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
genusDichocoeniaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciestuberosa

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.

Dichocoenia tuberosa Duncan 1863
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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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Dominican Republic Dichocoenia tuberosa (124722)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Haiti Dichocoenia tuberosa (60104)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Dichocoenia tuberosa (120392)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Dichocoenia tuberosa (71374 71396)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Dichocoenia tuberosa (66814)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Dichocoenia tuberosa (34540)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Dichocoenia tuberosa (79958)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Dichocoenia tuberosa (71764)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Dichocoenia tuberosa (120202)