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Milleporidae

Hydrozoa - Milleporidae

Taxonomy
Milleporidae is a family. Its type is Millepora.

It was assigned to Hydrozoa by Koby (1895); and to Milleporina by Bayer et al. (1956) and Rehfeld and Ernst (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Milleporidae Koby
1956Milleporidae Bayer et al. p. F94
1998Milleporidae Rehfeld and Ernst p. 136

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
RankNameAuthor
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
familyMilleporidae
familyMilleporidae

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.

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G. †Milleaster Ulrich 1904
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Milleaster incrustans Ulrich 1904
Milleaster subramosus Ulrich 1904
G. †Permostroma Wu 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-08-27 03:49:02
Modified: 2010-02-11 07:06:40
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Pliocene or 266.90000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) Permostroma sinensis (51178)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588French Polynesia Milleporidae indet. (84951)