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Hydnophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Hydnophyllia Reis
2016Hydnophyllia Budd and Bosellini

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusHydnophylliaReis 1889

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. †Hydnophyllia Reis 1889
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†Hydnophyllia collinaria Catullo 1856
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Invalid names: Hydnophyllia mirabilis Reis 1889 [synonym]
†Hydnophyllia costata Catullo 1856
†Hydnophyllia fimbriata Catullo 1856
†Hydnophyllia scalaria Catullo 1856
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Invalid names: Colpophyllia eocaenica Reuss 1864 [synonym], Hydnophora longicollis Reuss 1864 [synonym]
†Hydnophyllia stellata Catullo 1856
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Invalid names: Latimaeandra discrepans Reuss 1868 [synonym], Latimaeandra tenera Reuss 1868 [synonym]
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: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 48.07000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Colpophyllia stellata, H. sublabyrinthica, H. scalaria (75454)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Colpophyllia stellata (34481)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Hungary H. collinaria (123837 123843) H. profunda, H. collinaria (123836) H. sp., H. collinaria (123904)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Croatia H. collinaria (87473)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Colpophyllia stellata (10963)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Libya H. oligocaenica (10964)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy (Veneto) Colpophyllia stellata (91899) Hydnophora longicollis (91646 91657) H. stellata, H. sublabyrinthica (91655) Latimaeandra discrepans (91634) Latimaeandra tenera (91653)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy Colpophyllia stellata (70053)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3France (Aquitaine) Favites tenera (92231)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Italy H. michelottii (86953) H. scalaria (86952)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Spain H. sp. (193006)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Iran H. fimbriata (241378)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Iran Colpophyllia longicollis, Colpophyllia eocaenica (41075)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Italy H. sp. (211275 211276 211277)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Libya H. oligocaenica (34498)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia (Java) H. rothpletzi, H. martini (62860)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia H. martini (155986) H. sp. (109126)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Indonesia (Java) H. martini (34721) H. rothpletzi (34720)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan H. sp. (34875)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Tanzania H. costata (202214)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Taiwan H. sp. (63139)