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Lobophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Lobophyllia was named by Blainville (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant. Its type is Lobophyllia requieni. It is the type genus of Lobophylliidae.

It was assigned to Mussidae by Veron (2000); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lobophylliidae by Kiessling (2021).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Lobophyllia Blainville
2000Lobophyllia Veron p. 38
2002Lophophyllia Sepkoski
2021Lobophyllia Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusLobophylliaBlainville 1830

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. Lobophyllia Blainville 1830
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Lobophyllia corymbosa Forskal 1775
Lobophyllia costata Duncan 1846
Lobophyllia hataii Yabe et al. 1936
Lobophyllia hemprichii Ehrenberg 1834
Lobophyllia pachysepta Chevalier 1975
Lobophyllia requieni Michelin 1841
Lobophyllia robusta Yabe and Sugiyama 1936
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 Tithonian to the top of the Holocene or 150.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma

Collections (105 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) L. radicata (23904)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France L. pasottii (163836)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran L. corymbosa (25257) L. sp. (25258)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand L. japonica (89076)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) L. corymbosa, L. costata (45341)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Indonesia (South Sulawesi) L. hemprichii (124781) L. hemprichii, L. robusta (124782)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) L. corymbosa (45344) L. corymbosa, L. costata (45343)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia L. corymbosa (108773) L. hemprichii (108772)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea L. sp., L. hemprichii (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) L. hemprichii (62804)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia L. corymbosa (80954)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia L. sp. (45339)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia (South Sulawesi) L. pachysepta (124792)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) L. sp. (85098)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia L. corymbosa (42739)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan L. hemprichii (88000) L. sp. (87893 87895 87980 87981) L. sp., L. corymbosa (87892)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia L. sp. (198541 198585)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117New Caledonia L. corymbosa (90074)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Symphyllia cactus (63136)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt L. corymbosa (120129 120130)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan L. corymbosa (88053) L. corymbosa, L. flabelliformis (88044) L. hemprichii (88054) L. sp., L. hemprichii (88048)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) L. sp. (62770 62772)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Pitcairn L. corymbosa (85104)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117New Caledonia L. costata (109502)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) L. corymbosa (41605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt L. corymbosa (87873)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Somalia L. sp. (89242)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) L. corymbosa, L. hemprichii (97666) L. sp. (184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya L. corymbosa (44911 63181) L. sp. (63177 63179) L. sp., L. corymbosa (63187) L. sp., L. hemprichii (63183)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt L. hemprichii (176437)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) L. sp. (109169 109173)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia L. corymbosa (90058) L. corymbosa, L. costata (90042) L. costata (90051)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia L. corymbosa (80955 80958 80962 201414 201472) L. corymbosa, L. hemprichii (80963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) L. corymbosa (109217 109232 109246) L. sp. (109189 109190 109194 109197 109200 109201 109218) L. sp., L. hemprichii (109187)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) L. corymbosa (84621)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan L. hemprichii (88595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) L. hemprichii (109172) L. sp. (109102 109174)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea L. corymbosa (93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) L. sp. (63321 71261 88574 88576 102975 103048 103052 103055 103066 103069 103072 103073 103076)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea L. corymbosa (103251 103254 103266 103267)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) L. hemprichii, L. robusta, L. hataii (97528)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Palau L. sp. (97446 165214)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam L. sp. (97445)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Israel L. sp. (97662)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) L. sp. (167465 167487)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan L. corymbosa (96956) L. sp. (97254)