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Hydnophora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Hydnophora Fischer de Waldheim
1973Angeliphyllia Barta-Calmus
1973Michelottiphyllia Barta-Calmus
1999Hydnophora Bosellini
2000Hydnophora Veron
2002Angeliphyllia Sepkoski
2002Hydnophora Sepkoski
2002Hydnophorare Sepkoski
2002Michelottiphyllia Sepkoski
2005Hydnophora López-Pérez p. 83
2006Hydnophora Baron-Szabo p. 32
2014Hydnophora Huang et al.
2021Hydnophora Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusHydnophoraFischer de Waldheim 1807

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. Hydnophora Fischer de Waldheim 1807
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†Hydnophora ackermanni Zlatarski 1972
†Hydnophora affinis Sismonda 1871
†Hydnophora astraeoides Martin 1880
†Hydnophora cristatoseriata Zuffardi-Comerci 1937
Hydnophora exesa Pallas 1766
†Hydnophora ferryi Fromentel 1877
Hydnophora grandis Gardiner 1906
†Hydnophora infundibulum Azzaroli 1958
Hydnophora microconos Lamarck 1816
†Hydnophora oppenheimi Angelis d'Ossat 1905
Hydnophora pilosa Veron 1985
†Hydnophora provincialis Chevalier 1962
†Hydnophora pulchra Michelotti 1871
†Hydnophora rudis Duncan 1864
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Invalid names: Hydnophora plana Duncan 1864 [synonym], Hydnophora regularis Kühn 1933 [synonym]
†Hydnophora styriaca Michelin 1847
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Invalid names: Hydnophora blancoensis Wells 1932 [synonym]
Hydnophora tenella Quelch 1886
†Hydnophora variabilis Duncan 1873
Invalid names: Angeliphyllia Barta-Calmus 1973 [synonym], Hydnophoraraea Oppenheim 1930 [synonym], Michelottiphyllia Barta-Calmus 1973 [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 Aptian to the top of the Holocene or 121.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 119.57 Ma

Collections (149 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany H. sp., H. styriaca (221477) H. styriaca (25535) Hydnophoraraea styriaca (50421) Hydnophorarea sp. (50509 50512)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Austria H. styriaca (221478)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Romania H. ferryi (69209)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece H. styriaca (34719)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Bulgaria H. ackermanni (179685)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) H. blancoensis (74763)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Greece Hydnophoraraea styriaca (203930)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Czechia H. ferryi (35138) H. oppenheimi (34737)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Slovakia H. parvicornus (87241)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany H. obliqua, H. sp. (160830)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Pakistan H. sp. A, H. sp. B (146037)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria H. styriaca (74895 74905)
Santonian - Campanian85.7 - 72.2Slovenia H. ataciana, H. multilamellosa (23071) H. multilamellosa (68739)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Serbia H. parviconus, H. styriaca (79226)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain H. styriaca (67084)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Bulgaria H. ramosa (67575)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Oman Hydnophoraraea sp. (151616 151617)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Saint Barthélemy Goniastrea variabilis (71118)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Pakistan (Sind) H. maliriensis (11290)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Jamaica H. variabilis (69727)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Jamaica H. variabilis (69724)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3India H. sp. (34484)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Libya Monticulastraea daedalea (10964)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Greece H. pulchra (79603)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Spain H. sp. (193006)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Italy Michelottiphyllia anceps, Michelottiphyllia sp., Michelottiphyllia crispata (155215)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Iran H. rudis (241378)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Costa Rica H. sp. (179809)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Antigua and Barbuda H. sp. A (203877 203879)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Greece H. pulchra (79641)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Italy H. sp. (25370 25372 25375 211273 211274 211275 211276 211277)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Iran H. sp., H. rudis (41075)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Somalia H. affinis (123805) H. cristatoseriata (123806)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Puerto Rico H. sp. (45402 45403)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Jamaica H. sp. A (69725)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45Indonesia (West Java) H. astraeoides (123122)
Chattian - Burdigalian27.3 - 15.98Somalia H. regularis (71068)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Monticulastraea provincialis (70315)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Iran H. regularis (25254)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Iran H. cristatoseriata (79647)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Cyprus H. provincialis (69774)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Somalia H. regularis (79096)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia H. astraeoides (81712) H. tenella (108810)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Malaysia (Borneo) H. tenella (45351)
Miocene - Pleistocene23.04 - 0.0117Indonesia (Sumba) H. elongata (62856)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Cyprus H. provincialis (223596)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran H. rudis, H. regularis (25257) H. sp. (25255 25256 25258)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran (Kerman) Monticulastraea regularis (87114)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Sri Lanka H. plana (77477)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) H. exesa (124823)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Somalia H. infundibulum (79082)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) H. microconos (124825)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Indonesia H. sp. (164765)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Indonesia H. astraeoides (109044)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji H. exesa (124833)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) H. grandis (45344) H. microconos, H. grandis, H. tenella (45343)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Papua New Guinea H. microconos, H. exesa (42736)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan H. exesa (34877) H. sp., H. microconos (34878)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) H. pilosa (85098)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia (Jazan) H. exesa (234198)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia H. microconos (104657)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan H. microconos (101414)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Taiwan H. exesa (63134)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) H. microconos (63135)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan H. exesa (63137 63138)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) H. microconos (62796)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt H. exesa (120203)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt (Red Sea) H. microconos (234197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles H. sp. (80966 81008 81009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) H. exesa (97666)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) H. microconos (102962) H. sp. (71261 88574 88576 88593 102971 103051 103059 103065 103069 103070 103073 103076 103078)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan H. exesa (88596) H. microconos (88595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia H. microconos (80963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) H. exesa (84621)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya H. exesa (63179) H. microconos (44911) H. sp. (63158 63170 63183 63187)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan H. exesa (192912) H. microconos, H. exesa (192909 192911)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia H. microconos (90044 90052)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea H. microconos (103253 103254 103255 103256 103264 103265 103269 103270 127130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) H. microconos (109181 109182)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti H. microconos (102228)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea H. microconos (80721)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) H. exesa (97528)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam H. microconos (97444)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) H. rigida (167465 167487)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan H. exesa (96956 165553 165555)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) H. sp. (166541)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) H. sp. (97430)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Fiji H. sp. (97477)