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Merulina ampliata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora ampliata was named by Ellis and Solander (1786). It is extant.

It was recombined as Merulina ampliata by Matthai (1928), Huang et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Madrepora ampliata Ellis and Solander
1928Merulina ampliata Matthai
2014Merulina ampliata Huang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusMerulinaEhrenberg 1834
speciesampliata(Ellis and Solander 1786)

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.

Merulina ampliata Ellis and Solander 1786
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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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Merulina ampliata (45341 45342)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Merulina ampliata (45343 45344)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea Merulina ampliata (42736)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Merulina ampliata (45334)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Merulina ampliata (234198)