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Cladocora arbuscula

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Caryophyllia arbuscula was named by Lesueur (1820). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cladocora arbuscula by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Caryophyllia arbuscula Lesueur
1849Cladocora arbuscula Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCladocoraEhrenberg 1834
speciesarbuscula(Lesueur 1820)

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.

Cladocora arbuscula Lesueur 1820
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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 Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Cladocora arbuscula (80304)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados Cladocora arbuscula (102443)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Cladocora arbuscula (85455)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Cladocora arbuscula (102418)