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Hydnophyllia scalaria

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy

Meandrina scalaria was named by Catullo (1856).

It was recombined as Hydnophyllia scalaria by Budd and Bosellini (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

H. rothpletzi

Synonyms

Hydnophora longicollis was named by Reuss (1864).

It was recombined as Hydnophyllia longicollis by Oppenheim (1896); it was recombined as Colpophyllia longicollis by Bosellini (1999); it was synonymized subjectively with Hydnophyllia scalaria by Budd and Bosellini (2016).
Leptoria eocaenica was named by Reuss (1864).

It was recombined as Hydnophyllia eocaenica by Reis (1889); it was recombined as Colpophyllia eocaenica by Schuster (2002); it was synonymized subjectively with Hydnophyllia scalaria by Budd and Bosellini (2016).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1856	Meandrina scalaria Catullo
1864	Hydnophora longicollis Reuss
1864	Leptoria eocaenica Reuss
1889	Hydnophyllia eocaenica Reis
1896	Hydnophyllia longicollis Oppenheim
1999	Colpophyllia longicollis Bosellini
2002	Colpophyllia eocaenica Schuster
2016	Hydnophyllia scalaria Budd and Bosellini

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
superfamily	Faviicae	Gregory 1900
family	Merulinidae	Verrill 1866
genus	Hydnophyllia	Reis 1889
species	scalaria	(Catullo 1856)

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.

†Hydnophyllia scalaria Catullo 1856

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Invalid names: Colpophyllia eocaenica Reuss 1864 [synonym], Hydnophora longicollis Reuss 1864 [synonym]

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 Lutetian to the top of the Chattian or 47.80000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Italy	Hydnophyllia scalaria (75454)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Italy (Veneto)	Hydnophora longicollis (91646 91657)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.03	Italy	Hydnophyllia scalaria (86952)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Iran	Colpophyllia longicollis, Colpophyllia eocaenica (41075)