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Cynarina ampla

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Lithophyllia ampla was named by Reuss (1871). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Acanthophyllia ampla by Oosterban (1990); it was recombined as Cynarina ampla by Kiessling (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Lithophyllia ampla Reuss
1990Acanthophyllia ampla Oosterban
2014Cynarina ampla Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusCynarinaBrüggemann 1877
speciesampla(Reuss 1871)

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 ampla Reuss 1871
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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: Badenian or 13.82000 to 12.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Türkiye Lithophyllia ampla (124449)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania Acanthophyllia ampla (123125)