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Agathiphyllia tenuis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae

Taxonomy
Astrea tenuis was named by Duncan (1863).

It was recombined as Cyathomorpha tenuis by Vaughan (1919); it was recombined as Agathiphyllia tenuis by Wells (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. rochettina

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Astrea tenuis Duncan
1919Cyathomorpha tenuis Vaughan
1956Agathiphyllia tenuis Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyAgathiphylliidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusAgathiphylliaReuss 1864
speciestenuis(Duncan 1863)

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 tenuis Duncan 1863
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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 Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Aquitanian or 33.90000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jamaica Agathiphyllia tenuis (69724)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Dominican Republic Cyathomorpha tenuis (61191 61192)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Dominican Republic Cyathomorpha tenuis (124758)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Cuba Cyathomorpha tenuis (71129)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico Cyathomorpha tenuis (124635)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda Agathiphyllia tenuis (203875 203876 203877 203878 203879)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Agathiphyllia tenuis (203918 203919 203920) Cyathomorpha tenuis (34505)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Dominican Republic Cyathomorpha tenuis (124743)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Cuba (Oriente) Cyathomorpha tenuis (124701)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Venezuela Agathiphyllia tenuis (87067 87096)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Colombia Agathiphyllia tenuis (201399)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Colombia Agathiphyllia tenuis (201393 201394 201396)