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Cynarina lacrymalis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy

Caryophyllia lacrymalis was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cynarina lacrymalis by Wells (1964).

Synonyms

Caryophyllia deshayesiana was named by Michelin (1850).

It was recombined as Acanthophyllia deshayesiana by Wells (1937); it was recombined as Protolobophyllia deshayesiana by Yabe and Eguchi (1941); it was synonymized subjectively with Cynarina lacrymalis by Veron (2000).
Sclerophyllia margariticola was named by Klunzinger (1879). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cynarina lacrymalis by Wells (1962) and Wells (1962); it was recombined as Symphyllia margariticola by Montanaro Gallitelli (1973).
Antillia japonica was named by Yabe and Sugiyama (1931). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cynaria lacrymalis by Inskipp et al. (2005).
Antillia nomaensis was named by Yabe and Sugiyama (1931). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cynaria lacrymalis by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1848	Caryophyllia lacrymalis Milne-Edwards and Haime
1850	Caryophyllia deshayesiana Michelin
1879	Sclerophyllia margariticola Klunzinger
1931	Antillia japonica Yabe and Sugiyama
1931	Antillia nomaensis Yabe and Sugiyama
1937	Acanthophyllia deshayesiana Wells
1941	Protolobophyllia deshayesiana Yabe and Eguchi
1964	Cynarina lacrymalis Wells
1973	Symphyllia margariticola Montanaro Gallitelli

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
family	Lobophylliidae	Dai and Horng 2009
genus	Cynarina	Brüggemann 1877
species	lacrymalis	(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)

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.

Cynarina lacrymalis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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Invalid names: Acanthophyllia deshayesiana Michelin 1850 [synonym], Sclerophyllia margariticola Klunzinger 1879 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Grouping:

colonialo

Clonal:

yeso

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

microcarnivoreo

Diet 2:

photosymbiotico

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2004-02-27 16:54:46

Modified:

2009-10-09 15:38:42

Source: o = order, c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 15.98000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene	15.98 - 5.333	Australia (Queensland)	Acanthophyllia deshayesiana (71260)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.58	Papua New Guinea	Cynarina lacrymalis (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene	5.333 - 0.0117	Philippines	Protolobophyllia deshayesiana (92586)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.129	Japan	Cynarina lacrymalis (81582 87981)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Eritrea	Symphyllia margariticola (93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Japan	Cynarina lacrymalis (88596)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Japan (Chiba)	Cynarina lacrymalis (97528)