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Stylophora rugosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Oculina rugosa was named by d'Archiac (1848). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Stylophora rugosa by Azzaroli (1958).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Oculina rugosa d'Archiac
1958Stylophora rugosa Azzaroli

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusStylophoraSchweigger 1819
speciesrugosa(d'Archiac 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.

Stylophora rugosa d'Archiac 1848
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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 Eocene to the top of the Langhian or 47.80000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Italy Stylophora rugosa (146598)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Stylophora rugosa (70067 163836)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Stylophora rugosa (163837)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Somalia Stylophora rugosa (78900 79079)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Stylophora rugosa (163838)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Stylophora rugosa (70313)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France Stylophora rugosa (163845)