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Cladopora prolifica

Anthozoa - Favositida - Pachyporidae

Taxonomy
Cladopora prolifica was named by Hall and Whitfield (1873).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Cladopora prolifica Hall and Whitfield p. 230 figs. Plate 10, fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderFavositidaWedekind 1937
RankNameAuthor
suborderFavositinaWedekind 1937
superfamilyPachyporoidea(Gerth 1921)
familyPachyporidaeGerth 1921
genusCladoporaHall 1851
speciesprolificaHall and Whitfield 1873

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.

Cladopora prolifica Hall and Whitfield 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Silurian or 443.10000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (California) Cladopora prolifica (230235)