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Orbicella
Taxonomy
Orbicella was named by Dana (1846).
It was synonymized subjectively with Montastrea by Wells (1956).
It was assigned to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).
It was synonymized subjectively with Montastrea by Wells (1956).
It was assigned to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1786 | Orbicella pleiades Ellis and Sollandes |
| 1846 | Orbicella Dana |
| 1900 | Orbicella pleiades Gregory p. 216 |
| 2014 | Orbicella Huang et al. |
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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.
G. †Orbicella Dana 1846
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Orbicella annularis Ellis and Solander 1876
†Orbicella benoisti Koby 1906
†Orbicella boehmi Felix 1915
Orbicella faveolata Ellis and Solander 1786
Orbicella franksi Gregory 1895
†Orbicella linggapadangensis Umbgrove 1946
Orbicella murrayi Gregory 1900
†Orbicella nancyi Pandolfi 2007
†Orbicella praeheliopora Gregory 1900
Invalid names: Orbicella pleiades Ellis and Sollandes 1786 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tournaisian to the top of the Holocene or 358.86000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 346.7 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 346.7 Ma
Collections (499 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tournaisian | Belgium (Hainaut) | O. psammophora (234047) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Indonesia | O. herklotsi (71057) | |
| Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Christmas Island | O. herklotsi (209837 209838 209839 209841) O. herklotsi, O. murrayi (209840) O. murrayi (209842) O. pleiades (209829 209843 209844) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Venezuela | Montastrea limbata (87096) | |
| Chattian - Aquitanian | USA (Florida) | Montastrea annularis (123677 123678) | |
| Aquitanian | Colombia | O. limbata (201400) | |
| Aquitanian | Japan | O. sp. (34874) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Venezuela | Montastrea limbata (87050 87097) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Montastrea limbata (85771 85785 85798 85799) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Sint Maarten | Montastrea annularis, Montastrea limbata (240915) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Indonesia (Java) | O. cyclommantos (62859) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | Dominican Republic | Montastrea limbata (94084) | |
| Miocene | Colombia | Montastraea limbata (73800) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Malaysia (Borneo) | O. brancae (45351) | |
| Burdigalian | Iran (Khuzestan) | O. guettardi (87127) | |
| Burdigalian - Serravallian | Trinidad and Tobago | Montastrea limbata (27584 27585 27588 27591 27592 27595) | |
| Middle Miocene | Grenada | Montastrea limbata (58677) | |
| Middle Miocene | Dominican Republic | O. limbata (124722) | |
| Middle Miocene | Türkiye | O. sp. (124505) | |
| Middle Miocene | Cuba | O. limbata (71132) | |
| Tortonian | Dominican Republic | Montastrea limbata (41112 94093) Montastrea limbata, Montastrea limbata (41065) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | O. cyclommatos (109014) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Haiti | Heliastrea annularis (60103) Plesiastrea ramea (60096) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (Puerto Rico) | Montastrea limbata (71245) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Dominican Republic | Montastrea limbata (84978 93719 93721 93794 94002) O. limbata (124780) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Aruba | Montastrea limbata (209165) | |
| Messinian | Panama | Montastrea annularis (120395) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea limbata (120358) Montastrea faveolata (120390 120392) Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea franksi (120360) Montastrea franksi (120391 120393) Montastrea limbata (120356) | |
| Messinian | Dominican Republic | Montastrea limbata (84960 84965 84966 84982 93731 93732 93797 94000 94001 94005 94094 94101 94104 94106) Montastrea limbata, Montastrea limbata (41067 41068) | |
| Messinian | Curaçao | Montastrea limbata, Montastrea limbata (41028) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Dominican Republic | Montastrea limbata (94086) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Indonesia (Java) | O. linggapadangensis (45343) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | USA (Florida) | O. annularis (35026) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Dominican Republic | Montastrea limbata (84977 93718 93999 94095) | |
| Zanclean | Dominican Republic | Montastrea limbata (74961 74968 80136 93733 93735 93737 93792 93795 93997 93998 94003 94004 94090) Montastrea limbata, Montastrea limbata (41070 41071) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Costa Rica | Montastraea limbata (71374 71386 71387 71390 71395 71396 71397 71398 71409 71410) | |
| Pliocene | Dominican Republic | Montastrea limbata (93739 93793) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia | O. boehmi (109654) O. brancae (71079) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia (Java) | O. cyclommatos (34722 62862) | |
| Pliocene | Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) | O. praeheliopora (109652) | |
| Pliocene | Haiti | Heliastrea annularis (66809 66814) O. angularis (60894) | |
| Pliocene | Jamaica | Montastrea limbata (34540) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Jamaica | Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea franksi (34543) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Indonesia (Timor) | O. praeheliopora (62863) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) | O. craterophora (109651) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Bahamas | Montastraea limbata (73648 73658 73660) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Taiwan | O. sp. B (63140) | |
| Piacenzian | Curaçao | Montastrea faveolata (41043 41047) Montastrea limbata (41038 41039 41040 41050) Montastrea limbata, Montastrea faveolata (41041 41044 41048 41051) Montastrea limbata, Montastrea limbata, Montastrea faveolata (41045) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Bahamas | Montastraea annularis (73663) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Costa Rica | Montastraea limbata (71412 71413 71414 71415 71419 71421) | |
| Gelasian | Curaçao | Montastrea annularis, Montastrea faveolata (41054 41057) Montastrea limbata, Montastrea faveolata (41055) | |
| Gelasian | Jamaica | Montastrea annularis (34541) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Panama | Montastraea limbata (73632) Montastrea annularis (120214 120217 120273 120277 120278 120280 120281 120282 120284 120287 120288 120290) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea franksi (120218 120219 120220) Montastrea faveolata (120198 120199 120201 120202) Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea franksi (120197 120354) Montastrea franksi (120221) Montastrea limbata (120292) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Costa Rica | Montastraea limbata (71720 71722 71728 71729 71730 71739 71740 71742 71743 71745 71747 71749 71751 71758 71759 71760 71763 71765 71773 73618 73625) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Jamaica | Montastrea annularis, Montastrea franksi (34542) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Bahamas | Montastraea annularis (73654 73655 73666) Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea franksi (73668) | |
| Pleistocene | Haiti | Heliastrea annularis (66812 66813 66817 66818) O. annularis (60881 60886 60887 60888 60891 60893) | |
| Pleistocene | Dominican Republic | O. annularis (75419 75422) O. limbata (75423) | |
| Pleistocene | Barbados | Montastrea annularis (148824) | |
| Pleistocene | Turks and Caicos Islands | Montastraea annularis (165870) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Japan | O. sp. (63137) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Japan (Okinawa) | O. spp. (63135 63136) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Barbados | Montastrea annularis (102449 102462 102465) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea faveolata (102446 102452 102453) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea sp. 2 (102469) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea sp. 2 (102441 102442 102444 102445 102448 102454) Montastrea faveolata (102456) Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea sp. 2 (102459) Montastrea nancyi (88529 88531) Montastrea sp. 2 (102450 102455 102468) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Montastrea annularis (127148 127149) | |
| Middle Pleistocene (interglacial) | Barbados | Montastrea annularis (88832 88863 88865) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas (San Salvador) | Montastrea annularis (148705) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas | Montastrea annularis (88952 89418 89419) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Dominican Republic | Montastrea annularis, Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea franksi, Montastrea sp. (34518 34519) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea sp. (34520) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Jamaica (Saint Thomas) | Montastrea annularis (82858) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Virgin Islands, U.S. | Montastrea annularis (119927 119928) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Barbados | Montastrea annularis, Montastrea faveolata (102421 102426) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea sp. 2 (102424) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea sp. 2 (102432) Montastrea faveolata (102435) Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea sp. 2 (102422 102427 102436) Montastrea sp. 2 (102428 102431) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Eritrea | O. annularis (93827) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba (Sint Eustatius) | Montastrea annularis (209789 209790 209792 209794 209795 209796) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Christmas Island | O. pleiades (209834 209845 209846) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Belize | Montastrea annularis (88824 88825 88826) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Venezuela | Montastrea annularis (83665) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Jamaica | Montastraea annularis (185030) Montastrea annularis (80611 80612 176403 176405 176406 176407) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Montastrea annularis (209797 209798 209799 209800 209801 209802) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) | Montastrea annularis (80856 80857 103503 103504 103508 103509 103510 103511 103512 103513 103514 103515 103516 103517 103518 103519 103520 103521 103522 103523 103524 103525 103526 103527 103528 103529 103530 103531 103532 103533 103534 103535 103724 103725 103726 103727 103728 103729 103730 103731 103732 103733) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Colombia | Montastrea annularis, Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea sp. 2 (102768 102769 102771 102774 102775 102776 102777 102779 102780 102785 102787 102788 102789 102790 102791 102792) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea sp. 2 (102773 102778 102781 102786) Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea sp. 2 (102766 102767 102772) Montastrea sp. 2 (102770 102782 102783 102784) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Djibouti | O. annularis (102228) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Cayman Islands | Montastrea annularis (89553) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Bahamas | Montastrea annularis, Montastrea faveolata (102641 102642) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea franksi, Montastrea sp. 2 (102650) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea sp. 2 (102633 102635 102636 102644 102646 102647 102648 102651 102652 102653 102654) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea franksi, Montastrea sp. 2 (102637) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea sp. 2 (102634 102638 102639 102640 102643 102645 102649) Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea sp. 2 (102631 102632) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Barbados | Montastrea annularis (83670) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea sp. 2 (102409 102411 102412 102414 102419 102420) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea sp. 2 (102417 102418) Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea sp. 2 (102410 102413) Montastrea nancyi (88528 88530) Montastrea sp. 2 (102415 102416) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Guadeloupe | O. sp. (189821 189822) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Montserrat | Phyllocoenia annularis (209803) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Dominica | O. acropora (209345) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Montastrea annularis (81108 85457 102945 102946 102947 102948 102949 102950 102951 102952 127142 127143 127144 127145 127146 127147 191403) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Quintana Roo) | Montastrea annularis (82820) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea franksi (82819) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saint Lucia | O. sp. (209447) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Curaçao | Montastrea annularis (80903 80904 102684) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea sp. 2 (102672 102676 102678 102690 102695 102696 102698 102703 102706 102707) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea sp. 2 (102679 102681 102682 102686 102687 102688 102691 102692 102693 102694 102697 102699 102700 102701 102702 102704 102705 102708) Montastrea faveolata (102664 102665) Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea sp. 2 (102663 102666 102667 102668 102669 102670 102671 102677) Montastrea sp. 2 (102674 102680 102685) | |
| Holocene | Antigua and Barbuda | Montastrea annularis (97611) | |
| Holocene | Puerto Rico | Montastrea annularis (165252) | |
| Holocene | Belize | Montastrea annularis (97612 97707 97708 97709) | |
| Holocene | Virgin Islands, U.S. | Montastrea annularis (97622 97623 97624) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea faveolata (97654 97655 97656 97658) Montastrea faveolata (97653 97657 97659) Montastrea faveolata, Montastrea franksi (97660) | |
| Holocene | Curaçao | Montastrea annularis (97604) | |
| Holocene | Dominican Republic | Montastraea annularis (165220) Montastrea annularis, Montastrea franksi (97555) Montastrea faveolata (97553 97554) Montastrea faveolata, Montastraea annularis (97552) | |
| Holocene | Panama | O. annularis (165798) | |
| Holocene | Cayman Islands | Montastrea annularis (97605) | |
| Holocene | USA (Florida) | Montastrea annularis (97606 97609 97669 165221 165253 165254 165255) |