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Monomyces

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae

Taxonomy
Monomyces was named by Ehrenberg (1834) [Sepkoski's age data: K u R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Flabellidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Girndt on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Monomyces Ehrenberg
1956Monomyces Wells
2002Monomyces Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyFlabellicaeBourne 1905
familyFlabellidaeBourne 1905
genusMonomycesEhrenberg 1834

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. Monomyces Ehrenberg 1834
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Monomyces rubrum Quoy and Gaimard 1833
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-26 09:01:20
Modified: 2009-10-10 09:52:49
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Altonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 18.70000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Flabellum rubrum (89023 89136)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand (Auckland) Flabellum rubrum (85534 85536 85537)
Clifdenian15.9 - 15.1New Zealand Flabellum rubrum (89022)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan (Shizuoka) Flabellum rubrum (92644)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan (Kochi) Flabellum rubrum (92643)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia Flabellum rubrum (42739)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Indonesia (Talaud) Flabellum rubrum (42738)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) M. sp. (63357)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Flabellum rubrum (92589)