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Indophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Indophyllia was named by Gerth (1921) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol T Mi]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Faviidae by Wells (1956); to Mussidae by Veron (2000); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Indophyllia Gerth
1956Indophyllia Wells
2000Indophyllia Veron
2002Indophyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
genusIndophylliaGerth 1921

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. Indophyllia Gerth 1921
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Indophyllia borneensis Gerth 1923
Indophyllia cylindrica Gerth 1921
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia I. cylindrica, I. borneensis (108813)