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Euphyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae

Taxonomy
Euphyllia was named by Dana (1846) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1110]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Euphyllidae by Veron (2000); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Euphyllia Dana
1868Plocophyllia Reuss
2000Euphyllia Veron p. 68
2002Euphyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyEuphylliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusEuphylliaDana 1846

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. Euphyllia Dana 1846
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†Euphyllia caliculata Catullo 1852
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Invalid names: Euphyllia constricta Reuss 1868 [synonym], Plocophyllia flabellata Reuss 1868 [synonym], Plocophyllia karstica Drobne 1988 [synonym]
†Euphyllia crassiramosa Felix 1885
†Euphyllia donatoi Aguilar and Denyer 2001
Euphyllia fimbriata Spengler 1799
Euphyllia glabrescens Chamisso and Eysenhardt 1821
†Euphyllia romani Bromfield 2013
Invalid names: Plocophyllia Reuss 1868 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-07 01:52:50
Modified: 2008-02-07 09:52:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Slovenia Plocophyllia karstica (79286)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Pakistan (Sind) Plocophyllia sindiana, Plocophyllia flabellata (11289)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Costa Rica (Guanacaste) E. donatoi (85333)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Slovenia (Slovenia) Plocophyllia karstica (80825)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07India Plocophyllia flabellata (42883)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Slovenia Plocophyllia sp. (75473)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan E. flabellata (145130)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy (Veneto) E. sp. (180311)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Slovenia E. sp., E. forojulensis, E. contorta (71666)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy E. caespitosa (75454)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Bosnia and Herzegovina Plocophyllia gregaria (179748)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Italy Plocophyllia sp. (146598)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain E. pachecoi (34481)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Hungary E. contorta (123836 123846 123904) E. contorta, E. forojuliensis (123837)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Plocophyllia bartai (13354)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Romania E. crassiramosa (220526)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain Plocophyllia sp. (152582)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Libya Plocophyllia bartai (34497)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3Greece E. sp. (166722)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Italy (Vicenza) E. sp. (69701)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Greece E. caliculata (79603)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy (Veneto) E. crassiramosa (91899) Plocophyllia caliculata (91646) Plocophyllia flabellata, Plocophyllia caliculata, Plocophyllia constricta (91634 91645) Plocophyllia flabellata, Plocophyllia constricta (91652)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Slovenia E. contorta (87472)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Italy E. crassiramosa (69940 69941 69945 69950)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Italy E. sp. (155215)
Chattian - Rupelian27.3 - 27.3Greece E. sp. (166723 166724)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Greece (Grevena) E. sp. (197718)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France E. sp. (70315)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran E. sp. (41077)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy E. ventalina (70450)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia (South Sulawesi) E. n. sp. A, E. romani (124782)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea E. sp. (42736)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia E. granulatocostata (71079)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan E. fimbriata (34877)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Indonesia E. glabrescens (104656)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia E. sp. (104657)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) E. sp. (62771 62773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Lobophyllia cristata (102228)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Lobophyllia cristata (93827)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) E. sp. (97429)