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Scolymia lacera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora lacera was named by Pallas (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Scolymia lacera by De Buisonjé (1974) and Kiessling (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Madrepora lacera Pallas
1974Scolymia lacera De Buisonjé p. 223 figs. Pl 2, fig 6
2009Scolymia lacera Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyMussinaeOrtmann 1890
genusScolymiaHaime 1852
specieslacera(Pallas 1766)

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.

Scolymia lacera Pallas 1766
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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 2008, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles Scolymia lacera (209179)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Scolymia lacera (120397)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Scolymia lacera (35026)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica Scolymia lacera (34543)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Scolymia lacera (71722)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica Scolymia lacera (34542)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Scolymia lacera (97610)