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Cycloseris vaughani

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae

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

It was recombined as Cycloseris vaughani by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Fungia vaughani Boschma
2005Cycloseris vaughani Inskipp et al.

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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
speciesvaughani(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.

Cycloseris vaughani Boschma 1923
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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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Vanuatu Fungia vaughani (77902)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Cycloseris vaughani (85092 85098)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan Cycloseris vaughani (101414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Cycloseris vaughani (80963)