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Cyphastrea japonica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Cyphastrea japonica was named by Yabe and Sugiyama (1932). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Solenastrea arborescens Gerth
1932Cyphastrea japonica Yabe and Sugiyama

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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
speciesjaponicaYabe and Sugiyama 1932

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 japonica Yabe and Sugiyama 1932
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Invalid names: Solenastrea arborescens Gerth 1925 [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 Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia Solenastrea arborescens (109216)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Cyphastrea japonica (108774 108775)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan Cyphastrea japonica (63137)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Cyphastrea japonica (97528)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Cyphastrea japonica (165553 165555)