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Stylina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy

Stylina was named by Lamarck (1816) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Nori K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 821,834,1270].

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Stylininae by Morycowa and Decrouez (2006); and to Stylinidae by Roniewicz (1976), Lauxmann (1991) and Löser (2010).

Species

Plesiostylina hourcqi, S. alba, S. algarvensis, S. amdoensis, S. anthemoides, S. arborea, S. arkansasensis, S. aspera, S. babeana, S. balsami, S. bangoinensis, S. bernensis, S. bucheti, S. bulgarica, S. bullosa, S. capellini, S. carthagiensis, S. ceriomorpha, S. constricta, S. cotteaui, S. decemradiata, S. delabechei, S. deluci, S. dendroidea, S. digitiformis (syn. S. regularis), S. dongqoensis, S. dubia, S. echinulata, S. elegans, S. esmuni, S. excelsa, S. favrei, S. fenestralis, S. gaulardi, S. girodi, S. gracilis, S. granulosa, S. higoensis, S. hirta, S. hourcqi, S. inflata (syn. S. spissa, S. subramosa, Diplocoenia polymorpha, Heliocoenia carpathica, S. columbaris, Heliocoenia abichi), S. insignis, S. intermedia, S. inwaldensis (syn. S. parvistella, S. elegans), S. japonica, S. kachensis, S. kantoensis, S. laevicostata, S. lobata, S. lortphillipsi, S. mabutii, S. macfadyeni, S. madagascariensis, S. meriani, S. microcoenia, S. micrommata, S. micropora, S. minuta, S. nakasai, S. ndalakashensis, S. niongalensis, S. nodosa, S. oolitica, S. pachystylina, S. parcicosta, S. parvipora, S. parviramosa, S. perroni, S. pleionantha (syn. Plesiostylina bulbosa), S. ploti, S. punctata, S. qiebulaensis, S. renevieri, S. reussi, S. reussii, S. sablensis, S. savi, S. shamoloensis, S. sinemuriensis, S. stellata, S. subjecta, S. subornata, S. sucrensis (syn. S. milleporacea, S. foliosa, Diplocoenia inwaldensis), S. sugiyamai, S. tabulata, S. tenax, S. tertia, S. thevenini, S. thiessingi, S. tubulifera, S. tubulosa, S. valfinensis, S. virgulina

Species lacking formal opinion data

S. bullata, S. delabechii, S. fukawazaensis, S. magnifica, S. shinkaiensis, S. somaensis

Synonyms

Plesiostylina was named by Alloiteau (1958) [Sepkoski's age data: J u K Berr-u Sepkoski's reference number: 658,848]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Stylina by Baron-Szabo (2002).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1816	Stylina Lamarck
1958	Plesiostylina Alloiteau
1976	Stylina Roniewicz
1991	Stylina Lauxmann
2002	Plesiostylina Sepkoski
2002	Stylina Sepkoski
2006	Stylina Morycowa and Decrouez
2010	Stylina Löser p. 601

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Stylinina	Alloiteau 1952
family	Stylinidae	d'Orbigny 1851
genus	Stylina	Lamarck 1816

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. †Stylina Lamarck 1816

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†Stylina alba Hyatt 1892

†Stylina algarvensis Geyer 1955

†Stylina amdoensis Liao and Li 1980

†Stylina anthemoides Meneghini 1880

†Stylina arborea d'Achiardi 1880

†Stylina arkansasensis Wells 1942

†Stylina aspera Étallon 1859

†Stylina babeana d'Orbigny 1850

†Stylina balsami Stoppani 1865

†Stylina bangoinensis Liao and Xia 1985

†Stylina bernensis Etallon and Thurmann 1864

†Stylina bucheti de Fromentel 1856

†Stylina bulgarica Toula 1889

†Stylina bullosa Blanckenhorn 1890

†Stylina capellini Stoppani 1865

†Stylina carthagiensis Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977

†Stylina ceriomorpha Alloiteau 1958

†Stylina constricta Fromentel 1864

†Stylina cotteaui de Fromentel 1861

†Stylina decemradiata Quenstedt 1881

†Stylina delabechei Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851

†Stylina deluci Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860

†Stylina dendroidea Koby 1906

†Stylina digitiformis Achiardi 1880

Invalid names: Stylina regularis Fromentel 1862 [synonym]

†Stylina dongqoensis Liao and Li 1980

†Stylina dubia Alloiteau 1958

†Stylina echinulata Lamarck 1816

†Stylina elegans Beauvais 1966

†Stylina esmuni Felix 1909

†Stylina excelsa Étallon 1859

†Stylina favrei Koby 1895

†Stylina fenestralis Koby 1881

†Stylina gaulardi Michelin 1843

†Stylina girodi Étallon 1859

†Stylina gracilis Étallon 1859

†Stylina granulosa Fromentel 1862

†Stylina higoensis Eguchi 1951

†Stylina hirta de Fromentel 1861

†Stylina hourcqi Alloiteau 1958

†Stylina inflata Fromentel 1856

Invalid names: Diplocoenia polymorpha Koby 1881 [synonym], Heliocoenia carpathica Morycowa 1964 [synonym], Stylina spissa Becker 1875 [synonym], Stylina subramosa Koby 1881 [synonym]

†Stylina insignis de Fromentel 1861

†Stylina intermedia Hyatt 1892

†Stylina inwaldensis Ogilvie 1897

Invalid names: Stylina elegans Eichwald 1865 [synonym], Stylina parvistella Volz 1903 [synonym]

†Stylina japonica Eguchi 1951

†Stylina kachensis Gregory 1900

†Stylina kantoensis Nishimiya and Yamagiwa 1973

†Stylina laevicostata de Fromentel 1864

†Stylina lobata Muenster 1829

†Stylina lortphillipsi Gregory 1896

†Stylina mabutii Eguchi 1942

†Stylina macfadyeni Thomas 1935

†Stylina madagascariensis Alloiteau 1958

†Stylina meriani Koby 1889

†Stylina microcoenia de Fromentel 1861

†Stylina micrommata Quenstedt 1857

†Stylina micropora Koby 1895

†Stylina minuta Hyatt 1892

†Stylina nakasai Eguchi 1951

†Stylina ndalakashensis Dietrich 1926

†Stylina niongalensis Dietrich 1926

†Stylina nodosa Étallon 1859

†Stylina oolitica Koby 1906

†Stylina pachystylina Koby 1895

†Stylina parcicosta Koby 1905

†Stylina parvipora Ogilvie 1896

†Stylina parviramosa Beauvais 1964

†Stylina perroni de Fromentel 1862

†Stylina pleionantha Meneghini 1880

Invalid names: Plesiostylina bulbosa Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 [synonym]

†Stylina ploti Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851

†Stylina punctata Koby 1881

†Stylina qiebulaensis Liao 1982

†Stylina renevieri Koby 1881

†Stylina reussi Duncan 1880

†Stylina reussii Laube 1865

†Stylina sablensis Trautschold 1886

†Stylina savi Stoppani 1865

†Stylina shamoloensis Liao and Xia 1994

†Stylina sinemuriensis Fromentel 1860

†Stylina stellata Etallon and Thurmann 1864

†Stylina subjecta Hyatt 1892

†Stylina subornata D'Orbigny 1849

†Stylina sucrensis Wells 1944

Invalid names: Stylina milleporacea Ogilvie 1897 [synonym]

†Stylina sugiyamai Eguchi 1951

†Stylina tabulata Koby 1881

†Stylina tenax Etallon and Thurmann 1864

†Stylina tertia Hyatt 1892

†Stylina thevenini Étallon 1859

†Stylina thiessingi Koby 1881

†Stylina tubulifera Phillips 1829

†Stylina tubulosa Muenster 1829

†Stylina valfinensis Étallon 1859

†Stylina virgulina Etallon and Thurmann 1864

Invalid names: Plesiostylina Alloiteau 1958 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Grouping:

colonialf

Clonal:

yesf

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryo

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

photosymbioticf

Diet 2:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-01-28 02:50:36

Modified:

2008-01-28 04:50:36

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Jurassic to the top of the Bartonian or 201.40000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (347 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Rhaetian	208.5 - 201.3	Italy	S. balsami (204938)
Rhaetian	208.5 - 201.3	Italy (Lombardy)	S. capellini, S. savi (38083)
Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic	201.4 - 145.0	Tunisia	S. sp. (13862)
Toarcian - Aalenian	182.7 - 170.3	Thailand	S. sinemuriensis (79535)
Late/Upper Toarcian	180.1 - 175.6	Morocco	S. bernardiana (33613)
Early/Lower Aalenian	175.6 - 171.6	Thailand	S. girodi, S. deluci (79538)
Aalenian - Bajocian	174.1 - 168.3	Iran (Tabas Area)	S. tenax (41399)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Middle Bathonian	171.6 - 164.7	Iran (Tabas Area)	S. kachensis (41408)
Bajocian	170.3 - 168.3	Switzerland	S. sp. (162347 162373)
Bathonian	168.3 - 166.1	Madagascar (Toliara)	S. ceriomorpha (86407) S. sp., S. dubia, S. madagascariensis (86409)
Youngest occurrences
Time interval	Ma	Country or state	PBDB collection number
Middle Albian	109.0 - 105.3	Greece	S. favrei (60368)
Late/Upper Albian	105.3 - 99.6	Egypt	S. sp. 1, S. sp. 2 (98327)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Germany	S. grandis (74193)
Middle Cenomanian	99.6 - 93.5	Germany	S. inwaldensis (160830)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.3 - 85.8	Austria	Placocoenia ndalakashensis (24265)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Saudi Arabia	S. regularis (184844)
Selandian	61.6 - 59.2	Nigeria	S. sp. (7791)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Papua New Guinea	S. macgregori (70667)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Somalia	S. ertolensis (71065) S. lortphillipsi (71064)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Pakistan (Sind)	S. tertiaria (11290)