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Cycloseris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Cycloseris Milne-Edwards and Haime
1849Diaseris Milne-Edwards and Haime
1952Cyclastraea Alloiteau
1956Cyclastraea Wells
1956Cycloseris Wells
1957Pseudocycloseris Alloiteau
1972Diaseris Hubbard
2002Cyclastraea Sepkoski
2002Cycloseris Sepkoski
2002Pseudocycloseris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyFungiicaeDana 1846
familyFungiidaeDana 1846
genusCycloserisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849

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. Cycloseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Cycloseris brazzanensis Oppenheim 1901
Cycloseris costulata Ortmann 1889
Cycloseris cyclolites Lamarck 1801
Cycloseris discoidea Kossmat 1893
Cycloseris distorta Michelin 1842
Cycloseris erosa Doederlein 1901
Cycloseris escosurae Mallada 1887
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Invalid names: Cunnolites intumescens Trautschold 1886 [synonym]
Cycloseris fragilis Alcock 1893
Cycloseris hungaricus Kolosvary 1956
Cycloseris lamellata Kühn 1933
Cycloseris marginata Boeschma 1923
Cycloseris minuta Reuss 1870
Cycloseris perezi Haime 1850
Cycloseris sinensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Cycloseris somervillei Gardiner 1909
Cycloseris striata Duncan 1880
Cycloseris vaughani Boschma 1923
Invalid names: Cyclastraea Alloiteau 1952 [synonym], Diaseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym], Pseudocycloseris Alloiteau 1957 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:15:17
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:14:21
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Holocene or 132.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.77 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Valanginian - Early/Lower Aptian137.05 - 119.57Italy C. sp. (160725)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Ukraine Cunnolites intumescens (77074)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Ukraine (Crimea) Cunnolites intumescens (124746 124748)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Bulgaria Cyclastraea meltensis (179688)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Madagascar (Antsiranana) C. patella, C. diegoensis (86509)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Gabon C. discoidea (209643)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Iran C. lamellata (87113)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Somalia C. striata (45854)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy C. brazzanensis (75454)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Italy C. sp. (146612) C. sp., C. perezi (146598)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Hungary C. brazzanensis, C. perezi (123904) C. perezi (123836 123837) C. sp. (123846) C. sp., C. perezi, C. hungaricus (123843)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Pakistan C. perezi (11291)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) C. minuta (10703)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Fungia costulata (65162 84329)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Marshall Islands C. sp. (45357 45366 45376)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Pakistan (Sind) C. magnifica (11292)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia (Kalimantan) C. sp. (28202)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Vanuatu Fungia vaughani (77902)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia C. cyclolites (108814)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Marshall Islands C. sp. (43339)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Indonesia Fungia patelliformis (109487)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Tanzania C. sp. (202214)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Fungia cyclolites (45344) Fungia distorta, Fungia cyclolites (45343)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58French Polynesia C. sp. (84951)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Fungia cyclolites (109671)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea C. cyclolites, C. patelliformis, C. sinensis, C. somervillei (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Aceh) Fungia cyclolites (63123)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Fungia cyclolites (45337) Fungia cyclolites, Fungia costulata, Fungia somervillei (45339)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan Fungia cyclolites (34877)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan C. sp., Diaseris distorta (87992) Diaseris fragilis (87996)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) C. vaughani (85092 85098)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Japan C. sp., Diaseris sp. (81582)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan C. sinensis, C. vaughani (101414)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia (East Kalimantan) Fungia cyclolites (108807)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Taiwan C. cyclolites (89258)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Fungia cyclolites (63135)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Indonesia (Talaud) Fungia cyclolites, Fungia patelliformis (42738)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Diaseris distorta (84453)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) C. sp. (105528)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) C. cyclolites (62793)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt C. cyclolites (120203) C. erosa (120206) C. patelliformis (120204)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea C. cyclolites, C. costulata (80719) C. sp. (80721) Fungia cyclolites, Fungia costulata (93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan C. costulata (88595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Tamil Nadu) C. sp. (107989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Diaseris sp. (34477)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia C. vaughani, C. marginata (80963)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) C. cyclolites, C. patelliformis (97528)