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Hadrophyllia saundersi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae

Taxonomy
Hadrophyllia saundersi was named by Budd and Johnson (1999). Its type locality is NMB Loc. 15858 - Río Gurabo [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Messinian perireef or subreef sandstone/limestone in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic. It is the type species of Hadrophyllia.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Thysanus crassicostatus Vaughan and Hoffmeister
1999Hadrophyllia saundersi Budd and Johnson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyFaviidaeGregory 1900
genusHadrophyllia
speciessaundersi

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.

Hadrophyllia saundersi Budd and Johnson 1999
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Invalid names: Thysanus crassicostatus Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 08:25:59
Modified: 2009-12-16 11:54:53
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Zanclean or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Dominican Republic Thysanus crassicostatus (124719)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Hadrophyllia saundersi (type locality: 84960 84966 84990 94000 94094 94104)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Hadrophyllia saundersi (120392)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Hadrophyllia saundersi (93792)