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Cladocora caespitosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora caespitosa was named by Linne (1767). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cladocora caespitosa by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. delphinensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1767Madrepora caespitosa Linne
2005Cladocora caespitosa Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCladocoraEhrenberg 1834
speciescaespitosa(Linne 1767)

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.

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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 Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Provinz Siena) Cladocora caespitosa (138092)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Spain Cladocora caespitosa (71144 147449)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Quaternary3.6 - 0.0Spain Cladocora caespitosa (147805)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Calabria) Cladocora caespitosa (85065)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan Cladocora caespitosa (107990)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Cladocora caespitosa (84938)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Cladocora caespitosa (173351 173352 176632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy Cladocora caespitosa (166071 176630 176631)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Cladocora caespitosa (176764)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece Cladocora caespitosa (88773 88774)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Apulia) Cladocora caespitosa (130581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Cladocora caespitosa (84937)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greece Cladocora caespitosa (97633)