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Stylophora thirsiformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy

Astrea thirsiformis was named by Michelotti (1847).

It was recombined as Stylophora thirsiformis by Chevalier (1956).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. alpina, S. cambridgiensis, S. confusa, S. contorta, S. falloti, S. herzegowinensis, S. microstyla, S. minuta, S. mutata, S. papuensis, S. pistillata, S. pistillata, S. pistilllata, S. solida, S. stellata, S. tarbellensis, S. tuberosa

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1847	Astrea thirsiformis Michelotti
1956	Stylophora thirsiformis Chevalier

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Astrocoeniina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
family	Pocilloporidae	Gray 1842
genus	Stylophora	Schweigger 1819
species	thirsiformis	(Michelotti 1847)

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.

†Stylophora thirsiformis Michelotti 1847

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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 Priabonian to the top of the Aquitanian or 37.71000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (20 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Germany (Bavaria)	Stylophora thirsiformis (10703)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Italy	Stylophora thirsiformis (69969)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Libya	Stylophora thirsiformis (10964)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	France (Aquitaine)	Stylophora thirsiformis (92231)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	Italy	Stylophora thirsiformis (69939 69940)
Oligocene - Miocene	33.9 - 5.333	Iran	Stylophora thirsiformis (241378)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Türkiye	Stylophora thirsiformis (111678)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Iran	Stylophora thirsiformis (41075)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Italy	Stylophora thirsiformis (69702 235291 235305 235306 235307)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Libya	Stylophora thirsiformis (34498)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Türkiye (Denizli)	Stylophora thirsiformis (88771)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	Libya	Stylophora thirsiformis (42132)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	France	Stylophora thirsiformis (70241 163837)
Aquitanian - Serravallian	23.04 - 11.63	Libya	Stylophora thirsiformis (34499)