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Manicina puntagordensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Manicina puntagordensis was named by Weisbord (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Manicina puntagordensis Weisbord

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusManicinaEhrenberg 1834
speciespuntagordensisWeisbord 1968

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.

Manicina puntagordensis Weisbord 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 08:28:12
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:28:12
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Dominican Republic Manicina puntagordensis (84985)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Manicina puntagordensis (120356 120360)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Manicina puntagordensis (84990 90593 94101)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Manicina puntagordensis (35026)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Manicina puntagordensis (71409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Manicina puntagordensis (34539 34540)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Manicina puntagordensis (71722 71725 71731 71751 71758 71763 71765 71767)