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Aulopora serpens

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Auloporidae

Taxonomy
Aulopora serpens was named by Goldfuss (1829).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Aulopora serpens Goldfuss
1884Aulopora serpens Walcott p. 103

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyAuloporoidea(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851)
familyAuloporidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
genusAuloporaGoldfuss 1829
speciesserpensGoldfuss 1829

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.

Aulopora serpens Goldfuss 1829
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-08 12:14:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:14:27
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Late/Upper Frasnian or 393.30000 to 376.10000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Germany Aulopora serpens (36675 36676 36677 36678 36680 36681)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) Aulopora serpens (91237 91274)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Ohio) Aulopora serpens (51855)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7France Aulopora serpens (38684)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Australia (Queensland) Aulopora serpens (80375)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Ohio) Aulopora serpens (38455 38460)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Aulopora serpens (44182)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany Aulopora serpens (36682 36683 36684 36685)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2France Aulopora serpens (38686)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Belgium (Liege) Aulopora serpens (76514 76516)