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Caryophyllia (Premocyathus)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Caryophyllia (Premocyathus) Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyCaryophylliinaeGray 1847
genusCaryophylliaLamarck 1801
subgenusPremocyathus()

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.

Subg. †Caryophyllia (Premocyathus) Yabe and Eguchi 1942
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Caryophyllia (Premocyathus) compressa Yabe and Eguchi 1942
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:12:28
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:12:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Premocyathus sp. (163836)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Premocyathus sp. (163838)
Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene5.333 - 0.781Taiwan Caryophyllia ceratoconus (89259)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan (Chiba) Premocyathus compressus (92647 92682)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan (Okinawa) Caryophyllia compressa (122799)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Premocyathus compressus (92589)