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Millepora

Hydrozoa - Milleporina

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Millepora Bayer et al. p. F94
1998Millepora Rehfeld and Ernst p. 136
2000Millepora Veron p. 400
2002Millepora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
RankNameAuthor
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
orderMilleporina
genusMillepora

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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†Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus 1758
†Millepora depauperata Reuss 1864
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Invalid names: Millepora cylindrica Reuss 1864 [synonym]
†Millepora dichotoma Forskal 1775
†Millepora irregularis Rehfeld and Ernst 1998
†Millepora mammillaris d'Achiardi 1867
†Millepora platyphylla Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1834
†Millepora subpirenaica Altuna et al. 2007
†Millepora verrucosa Reuss 1868
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-08-27 03:49:02
Modified: 2010-02-11 07:06:40
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Holocene or 387.95000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (101 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian - Frasnian387.95 - 372.15Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) M. sp. (77788)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Croatia M. fasciculata (21191)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Ukraine M. sp. (77072)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Spain M. irregularis (24250 90759)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy M. dalmatina (227821)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Italy M. sp., M. cylindrica (146598)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain (Aragón) M. subpirenaica (78649)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Jamaica M. sp. (69727)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Jamaica M. sp. (69726 69728)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama M. alcicornis (42488)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) M. mammillaris, M. depauperata (10703)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jamaica M. sp. (69724)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Italy M. depauperata (69969)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy (Veneto) M. cylindrica (91645) M. depauperata, M. cylindrica (91634) M. verrucosa (91646)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Italy M. mammillaris (69945)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Italy M. sp. (69702)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Jamaica M. sp. (69725)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Colombia M. sp. (211332)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Colombia M. alcicornis (211327) M. sp. (211330)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Marshall Islands M. sp. (45352)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246France M. sp. (161597)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Morocco M. sp. (161391)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Israel M. sp. (99604)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Marshall Islands M. sp. (43339)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Marshall Islands M. sp. (43320)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica M. complanata (71374)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Florida) M. alcicornis (146872)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica M. complanata, M. sp. (71419) M. sp. (71411 71412)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Haiti M. alcicornis (60886)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia M. platyphylla (198575) M. sp. (198583)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117French Polynesia M. sp. (89554)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Dominican Republic M. alcicornis (75423 75424)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Cape Verde M. alcicornis (176655 176656)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt M. dichotoma (120129)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Cape Verde M. alcicornis (92707)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt M. dichotoma (120204)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Cape Verde M. sp. (89617)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas M. squarrosa, M. complanata (88952)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) M. exaesa (80724 184506) M. sp. (97666)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt M. dichotoma (120128)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) M. sp. (109169)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia M. intricata (90050) M. sp. (90051)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) M. sp. (109195 109197 109224 109228 109244 109441)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (San Salvador) M. complanata (148705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) M. alcicornis (85457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles M. sp. (80965 81007 81008 81009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Belize M. sp. (80909)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia M. dichotoma (80962 107972 201472) M. dichotoma, M. platyphylla (201414) M. platyphylla (201440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Virgin Islands, British M. sp. (209871)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Virgin Islands, U.S. M. sp. (119927)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mauritius M. sp. (81015)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0French Polynesia M. platyphylla (97463)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) M. complanata (97607) M. sp. (97610 165255)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius M. platyphylla (96889)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands M. sp. (97605)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Barbados M. complanata (165800) M. sp. (148711)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands M. sp. (97456)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kiribati M. sp. (97450)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles M. sp. (96926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Curaçao M. sp. (97604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Antigua and Barbuda M. sp. (97611)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) M. sp. (167465 167487)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) M. sp. (97665)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tuvalu M. sp. (97449)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama M. complanata (165795 165797)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Belize M. sp. (97612)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam M. platyphylla (97444)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. M. sp. (97623 97624)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan M. exaesa (96956) M. platyphylla (97293)