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Hydnophora cristatoseriata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Tridacophyllia cristatoseriata was named by Zuffardi-Comerci (1937).

It was recombined as Hydnophora cristatoseriata by Bosellini (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Tridacophyllia cristatoseriata Zuffardi-Comerci
1999Hydnophora cristatoseriata Bosellini

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusHydnophoraFischer de Waldheim 1807
speciescristatoseriata(Zuffardi-Comerci 1937)

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.

Hydnophora cristatoseriata Zuffardi-Comerci 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 28.40000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Somalia Hydnophora cristatoseriata (123806)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Iran Hydnophora cristatoseriata (79647)