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Platygyra daedalea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora daedalea was named by Ellis and Solander (1786).

It was recombined as Coeloria daedalea by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857); it was recombined as Maeandra daedalea by Vaughan (1918); it was recombined as Platygyra daedalea by Chevalier (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. siciliae
Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2009-07-21

Synonyms
  • Astroria astreiformis was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Maeandra astreiformis by Vaughan (1918); it was recombined as Coeloria astreiformis by Yabe et al. (1936); it was recombined as Platygyra astreiformis by Wells (1956); it was synonymized subjectively with Platygyra daedalea by Sheppard (1987).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Madrepora daedalea Ellis and Solander
1849Astroria astreiformis Milne-Edwards and Haime
1857Coeloria daedalea Milne-Edwards and Haime
1918Maeandra astreiformis Vaughan
1918Maeandra daedalea Vaughan
1936Coeloria astreiformis Yabe et al.
1956Platygyra astreiformis Wells
1968Platygyra daedalea Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusPlatygyraEhrenberg 1834
speciesdaedalea(Ellis and Solander 1786)

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.

†Platygyra daedalea Ellis and Solander 1786
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Invalid names: Platygyra astreiformis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [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 Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.45000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Iran Platygyra daedalea (25257)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Coeloria daedalea (45341)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Tanzania Platygyra daedalea (202214)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Coeloria daedalea (45343 45344)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Sulawesi Tenggara) Coeloria daedalea (109175)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia (East Kalimantan) Coeloria daedalea (108805)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malaysia Platygyra daedalea (216166)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia (Maluku) Coeloria daedalea (127837)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Platygyra daedalae (80954)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Aceh) Coeloria daedalea (63120)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Coeloria astreiformis (62806)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Egypt Platygyra daedalea (96759)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia Coeloria daedalea (45335 45339)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Taiwan Maeandra astreiformis (63140)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Egypt Platygyra daedalea (96760)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan Platygyra daedalea (87996)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Japan Platygyra daedalea (87981 87982 88000)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117New Caledonia Platygyra daedalea (90061)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Pakistan Platygyra daedalea (107990)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Indonesia Platygyra daedalea (104657)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Platygyra daedalea (234198)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Maeandra daedalea (63136)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan Maeandra astreiformis (63138)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Taiwan Maeandra astreiformis (63134)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Platygyra daedalea (88044 88053 88054)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Platygyra daedalea (80730)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt Platygyra daedalea (120129)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Platygyra daedalea (62774)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Indonesia Platygyra daedalea (104747)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129New Caledonia Platygyra daedalea (89437)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129French Polynesia Platygyra daedalea (97465)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117New Caledonia Platygyra daedalea (109502)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt (Red Sea) Platygyra daedalea (234196 234197)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.0117Iran Platygyra daedalea (89571 164152)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0India Platygyra daedalea (241361 241364)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Platygyra daedalea (90042)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Platygyra daedalea (120128 176437 176527)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) Platygyra daedalea (109217 109226)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Platygyra daedalea (87876)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Platygyra daedalea (97467)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Maeandra daedalea (102228)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Platygyra daedalae (80955 80956 80962 80963) Platygyra daedalea (107972 201414)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Platygyra daedalea (103251 103252 103254 103259 103264 103265 103266 103267 103268 103269 103270) Platygyra daedalia (34475)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu Platygyra daedalea (89231)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Platygyra daedalea (234287)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Platygyra daedalea (97445)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Platygyra daedalea (96889 96891)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Jordan Platygyra daedalea (97661)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Egypt (Red Sea) Platygyra daedalea (234288 234289)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles Platygyra daedalea (96926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Platygyra daedalea (96956 165206)