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Syringopora compacta

Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Syringopora compacta Billings
1939Syringopora compacta Northrop p. 156 figs. Pl 9 fig. 3
1981Syringopora compacta Bolton pp. 304- 305 figs. Pl 2, fig. 9 (not figs. 10-12
1987Syringopora compacta Young and Noble pp. 275 - 279 figs. 4.6-4.10, 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderAuloporidaSokolov 1947
RankNameAuthor
superfamilySyringoporoidea(Fromentel 1861)
familySyringoporidaeFromentel 1864
genusSyringoporaGoldfuss 1826
speciescompactaBillings 1858

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.

Syringopora compacta Billings 1858
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Young and J. Noble 1987A species of Syringopora with tabularium diameter, corallite spacing, spacing of tabulae, and wall thickness as in Table 3. Corallite contacts frequent, occur through short, broad transverse stolons. Septal spines short. Tabulae complete or incomplete, thin, downcurved or infundibuliform, irregularly surround an axial tube.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Diet 2: photosymbioticg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 10:50:20
Modified: 2009-04-13 12:50:20
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Telychian or 438.60000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Syringopora compacta (12424 12443 12557)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (Quebec) Syringopora compacta (184837 184842)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Canada (New Brunswick) Syringopora compacta (12556)