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Peponocyathus orientalis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Deltocyathus orientalis was named by Duncan (1876). It is extant.

It was recombined as Peponocyathus orientalis by Cairns (1979).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Deltocyathus orientalis Duncan
1979Peponocyathus orientalis Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusPeponocyathusGravier 1915
speciesorientalis(Duncan 1876)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 03:20:09
Modified: 2009-11-24 10:12:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan (Kochi) Deltocyathus orientalis (92643)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Taiwan Deltocyathus orientalis (92627)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan Deltocyathus orientalis (92686)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan (Kagoshima) Deltocyathus orientalis (92681)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan (Chiba) Deltocyathus orientalis (92647 92682 92683 92684)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Peponocyathus orientalis (84452)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Deltocyathus orientalis, Peponocyathus orientalis (92589)