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Platygyra pini

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Platygyra pini was named by Chevalier (1975). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Platygyra pini Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusPlatygyraEhrenberg 1834
speciespiniChevalier 1975

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.

Platygyra pini Chevalier 1975
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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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Platygyra pini (42736)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Platygyra pini (124787)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Platygyra pini (87893)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Platygyra pini (88044 88048)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan Platygyra pini (192909 192911 192912)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) Platygyra pini (109102 109172)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Platygyra pini (88596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Platygyra pini (34476 103253 103254 103255 103263 103265 103266 103267 103269 103270)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Platygyra pini (96890)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Platygyra pini (96956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Platygyra pini (97444 97445)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0India Platygyra pini (165793)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Platygyra pini (97528)