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Montastraea cylindrica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montastraeidae

Taxonomy
Montastraea cylindrica was named by Duncan (1863). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Montastraea cylindrica Duncan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMontastraeidaeYabe and Sugiyama 1941
genusMontastraeaBlainville 1830
speciescylindricaDuncan 1863

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: 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 Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Bahamas Montastraea cylindrica (73658)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica Montastraea cylindrica (71419)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama Montastraea cylindrica (73632)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Montastraea cylindrica (71722 71723 71724 71725 71726 71729 71730 71733 71734 71735 71738 71739 71740 71743 71744 71745 71747 71748 71749 71750 71751 71753 71754 71755 71756 71758 71759 71760 71762 71763 71764 71765 71766 71767 71768 71770 71771 71772 71774 71775 71776 73625)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan Montastraea cylindrica (101414)