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Dendrogyra cylindrus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Maeandra cylindrus was named by Ehrenberg (1834). It is extant.

It was recombined as Meandrina cylindrus by Dana (1846); it was recombined as Dendrogyra cylindrus by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Maeandra cylindrus Ehrenberg
1846Meandrina cylindrus Dana
1848Dendrogyra cylindrus Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
subfamilyDichocoeniinaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusDendrogyraEhrenberg 1834
speciescylindrus(Ehrenberg 1834)

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.

Dendrogyra cylindrus Ehrenberg 1834
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: upper-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-09 13:52:10
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:52:10
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Bahamas Dendrogyra cylindrus (73663)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Dendrogyra cylindrus (120217 120284)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica Dendrogyra cylindrus (34542)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados Dendrogyra cylindrus (102463)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Dendrogyra cylindrus (103526 103530 103533 103535 103724 103725 103726 103727 103728 103730 103733)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia Dendrogyra cylindrus (102769 102787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Dendrogyra cylindrus (82821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Dendrogyra cylindrus (34519 34520)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Dendrogyra cylindrus (102672 102679 102680 102696 102698)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dendrogyra cylindrus (85457)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Dendrogyra cylindrus (97658)