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Trachyphyllia geoffroyi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Turbinolia geoffroyi was named by Audouin (1826). It is extant.

It was recombined as Trachyphyllia geoffroyi by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Turbinolia geoffroyi Audouin
1846Manicina amarantum Dana
1921Antillia orientalis Gerth
1991Trachyphyllia amarantum Cairns
2005Trachyphyllia geoffroyi Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusTrachyphylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesgeoffroyi(Audouin 1826)

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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Invalid names: Antillia orientalis Gerth 1921 [synonym], Trachyphyllia amarantum Dana 1846 [synonym]
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 Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Antillia orientalis (71058)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Antillia orientalis (108814)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Trachyphyllia geoffroyi (42736)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Kalimantan) Trachyphyllia amarantum (108807)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Trachyphyllia geoffroyi (62789)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Trachyphyllia geoffroyi (88596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) Trachyphyllia geoffroyi (41605)