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Colpophyllia amaranthus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Colpophyllia amaranthus was named by Müller (1775). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Colpophyllia natans by Kiessling (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Colpophyllia amaranthus Müller
1998Colpophyllia amaranthus Johnson p. 1268

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusColpophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesamaranthusMüller 1775

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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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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Colpophyllia amaranthus (120357 120358)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Colpophyllia amaranthus (71384 71395)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica Colpophyllia amaranthus (71419)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bahamas Colpophyllia amaranthus (73654)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Colpophyllia amaranthus (102696 102702)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Colpophyllia amaranthus (97610)