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Cynarina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Cynarina was named by Brüggemann (1877) [m. kosnik taxon no: 11161]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Mussidae by Veron (2000); and to Lobophylliidae by Dai and Horng (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Cynarina Brüggemann
1937Acanthophyllia Wells
1956Acanthophyllia Wells p. F417
1981Acanthophyllia Hill
2000Cynarina Veron p. 82
2002Acanthophyllia Sepkoski
2009Cynarina Dai and Horng

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusCynarinaBrüggemann 1877

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.

G. Cynarina Brüggemann 1877
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†Cynarina ampla Reuss 1871
Cynarina lacrymalis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Acanthophyllia deshayesiana Michelin 1850 [synonym], Sclerophyllia margariticola Klunzinger 1879 [synonym]
Invalid names: Acanthophyllia Wells 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Badenian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 12.8 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Marshall Islands Acanthophyllia sp. (45366 45370)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Türkiye Lithophyllia ampla (124449)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333Australia (Queensland) Acanthophyllia deshayesiana (71260)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania Acanthophyllia ampla (123125)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea C. lacrymalis (42736)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia C. sp. (108773)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Philippines Protolobophyllia deshayesiana (92586)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Japan C. lacrymalis (81582 87981)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan C. lacrymalis (88596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Symphyllia margariticola (93827)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) C. lacrymalis (97528)