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Cyphastrea microphthalma

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Astrea microphthalma was named by Lamarck (1816).

It was recombined as Cyphastrea microphthalma by Matthai (1914).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Astrea microphthalma Lamarck
1914Cyphastrea gardineri Matthai
1914Cyphastrea microphthalma Matthai

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCyphastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesmicrophthalma(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Cyphastrea gardineri Matthai 1914 [synonym]
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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia Cyphastrea microphthalma (86769)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Marshall Islands Cyphastrea microphthalma (45378)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Marshall Islands Cyphastrea microphthalma (43339)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Indonesia Cyphastrea microphthalma (109235)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Cyphastrea microphthalma (45343 45344)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia (Kalimantan Timur) Cyphastrea microphthalma (46490)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Cyphastrea microphthalma (71079 108775 108776)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Cyphastrea microphthalma (62798)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Cyphastrea microphthalma (80954)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Taiwan Cyphastrea microphthalma (63139)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan Cyphastrea microphthalma (34877)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Philippines (Mindanao) Cyphastrea microphthalma (45347)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Cyphastrea microphthalma (124792)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia Cyphastrea microphthalma (104657)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Cyphastrea microphthalma (63135 63136)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Taiwan Cyphastrea gardineri (63134)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Cyphastrea microphthalma (80738)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt (Red Sea) Cyphastrea microphthalma (234196)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Cyphastrea microphthalma (90042)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Cyphastrea microphthalma (103254 103261 103266)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Cyphastrea microphthalma (80955 80963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Cyphastrea microphthalma (176527)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Cyphastrea micropthalma (63152 63155)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Cyphastrea microphthalma (96956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Cyphastrea microphthalma (97445)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt (Red Sea) Cyphastrea microphthalma (234288 234289)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Cyphastrea microphthalma (96889)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Cyphastrea microphthalma (97528)