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Isophyllia sinuosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora sinuosa was named by Ellis and Solander (1786). It is extant.

It was recombined as Isophyllia sinuosa by Verrill (1864).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Madrepora sinuosa Ellis and Solander
1864Isophyllia sinuosa Verrill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyMussinaeOrtmann 1890
genusIsophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851
speciessinuosa(Ellis and Solander 1786)

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.

Isophyllia sinuosa Ellis and Solander 1786
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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 Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Isophyllia sinuosa (79958)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Isophyllia sinuosa (120273 120277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Isophyllia sinuosa (85457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Isophyllia sinuosa (103527 103528 103725 103728 103729 103730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Isophyllia sinuosa (34518 34520)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Sint Eustatius) Isophyllia sinuosa (209791)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Isophyllia sinuosa (102641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas (San Salvador) Isophyllia sinuosa (148705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Isophyllia sinuosa (82819)