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Oulophyllia crispa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Meandrina crispa was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant. It is the type species of Oulophyllia.

It was recombined as Oulophyllia crispa by Matthai (1928).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. malayica, Ulophyllia augusta

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Meandrina crispa Lamarck
1886Oulophyllia aspera Quelch
1928Oulophyllia crispa Matthai

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusOulophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciescrispa(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.

Oulophyllia crispa Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Oulophyllia aspera Quelch 1886 [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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia Oulophyllia aspera (86769)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Tanzania Oulophyllia crispa (202214)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Malaysia Oulophyllia crispa (216166)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan Oulophyllia crispa (34877)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Oulophyllia aspera (63135)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Oulophyllia crispa (62782)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Oulophyllia crispa (88039)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Oulophyllia aspera (90054) Oulophyllia crispa (90044)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Oulophyllia crispa (88595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Oulophyllia crispa (97666)