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Symphyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Symphyllia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1110]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Mussidae by Veron (2000); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Lobophylliidae by Dai and Horng (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Symphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime
2000Symphyllia Veron p. 52
2002Symphyllia Sepkoski
2009Symphyllia Dai and Horng

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusSymphylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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. Symphyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Symphyllia agaricia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
†Symphyllia confusa Reuss 1868
†Symphyllia densium Bromfield 2013
Symphyllia erythraea Klunzinger 1879
Symphyllia radians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Symphyllia recta Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Symphyllia nobilis Dana 1846 [synonym]
Symphyllia valenciennesii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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 Rupelian to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Veneto) S. cristata (91645) S. cristata, S. confusa (91634)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia S. nobilis (86769)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran S. sp. (25258) S. sp., S. nobilis (25257)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia S. sp. (108778)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) S. recta (45343 45344)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea S. radians (42736)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) S. molengraaffi (109669)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia S. acuta, S. sinuosa (71079)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) S. sp. (62804)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia S. recta (45335 45339)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan S. sp. (34879 34881)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) S. molengraaffi (109651)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Philippines (Mindanao) S. recta (45347)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia (South Sulawesi) S. n. sp. A, S. densium (124787)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan S. radians (87987) S. recta (87998) S. sp., S. recta, S. radians (87895)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Indonesia S. radians (104656)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia S. radians (104657)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) S. nobilis (63135)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan S. radians (88047) S. recta (88044)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu S. sp. (89167)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea S. agaricia (103251 103265 103268) S. recta (103254 103255 103269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia S. erythrea (80963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) S. sp. (88575 88576 103044 103047 103048 103057 103059 103061)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles S. sp. (81007)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) S. sp. (109102)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) S. recta, S. valenciennesii (97666) S. sp. (184510) S. sp., S. recta (184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia S. nobilis (90043 90044 90052 90056)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya S. sp. (63155 63158 63177 63181 63183)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Fungia erythraea (93827)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) S. sp. (97296)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan S. recta, S. radians (96956)