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Cycloseris patelliformis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae

Taxonomy
Fungia patelliformis was named by Boschma (1923). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cycloseris patelliformis by Wells (1954).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Fungia patelliformis Boschma
1954Cycloseris patelliformis Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyFungiicaeDana 1846
familyFungiidaeDana 1846
genusCycloserisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
speciespatelliformis(Boschma 1923)

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: aragoniteg
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:15:17
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:14:21
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Indonesia Fungia patelliformis (109487)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea Cycloseris patelliformis (42736)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Indonesia (Talaud) Fungia patelliformis (42738)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt Cycloseris patelliformis (120204)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Cycloseris patelliformis (97528)