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Echinophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Echinophyllia was named by Klunzinger (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pectiniidae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lobophylliidae by Dai and Horng (2009).

Synonyms
  • Oxyphyllia was named by Yabe and Eguchi (1935).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Echinophyllia by Wells (1956).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Echinophyllia Klunzinger
1935Oxyphyllia Yabe and Eguchi
1956Echinophyllia Wells
2002Echinophyllia Sepkoski
2009Echinophyllia Dai and Horng

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusEchinophylliaKlunzinger 1879

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. Echinophyllia Klunzinger 1879
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Echinophyllia aspera Ellis and Solander 1786
Echinophyllia echinata Saville Kent 1871
†Echinophyllia javana Umbgrove 1946
†Echinophyllia robusta Gerth 1923
†Echinophyllia sassellensis Budd and Bosellini 2016
Invalid names: Oxyphyllia Yabe and Eguchi 1935 [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 Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Sweden (Skane) E. sp. (123002)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France E. sp. (163836)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) E. robusta (62859)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia E. robusta (108810)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran E. costata, E. aspera (25257) E. sp. (25258)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan E. sp. (70064)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia (South Sulawesi) E. robusta (124781 124782)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Oxyphyllia javana (45343)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia E. sp. (108778)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea E. aspera (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Oxyphyllia sp. (62804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan E. sp. (81581 87981)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117French Polynesia E. sp. (89554)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan E. spp. (63137 63138)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan E. sp. (88048) E. sp., E. echinata (88042)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Maldives E. sp. (83646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia E. sp. (127270)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea E. aspera (93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia E. javana (90042)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya E. sp. (63170)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan E. sp., E. echinata (88596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia E. aspera (80955 80962 80963)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius E. aspera (96890)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan E. aspera (96956 165553 165554 165555)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) E. aspera, E. echinata (97528)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cook Islands E. sp. (97460)