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Eusmilia fastigiata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora fastigiata was named by Pallas (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Mussa fastigiata by Oken (1815); it was recombined as Caryophyllia fastigiata by Lamarck (1816); it was recombined as Lobophyllia fastigiata by Blainville (1850); it was recombined as Eusmilia fastigiata by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) and Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Madrepora fastigiata Pallas
1815Mussa fastigiata Oken
1816Caryophyllia fastigiata Lamarck
1848Eusmilia fastigiata Milne-Edwards and Haime
1850Lobophyllia fastigiata Blainville
1851Eusmilia fastigiata Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
genusEusmiliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesfastigiata(Pallas 1766)

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.

Eusmilia fastigiata Pallas 1766
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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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Eusmilia fastigiata (70067 163836)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Eusmilia fastigata (34540)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Costa Rica Eusmilia fastigiata (71419)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Jamaica Eusmilia fastigata (34541)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Eusmilia fastigiata (120200 120202 120218 120273 120276 120277 120278 124662)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Eusmilia fastigiata (71722 71729 71758 71769 71770 124700)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica Eusmilia fastigata (34542)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Eusmilia fastigata (75424)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Eusmilia fastigiata (60881)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados Eusmilia fastigiata (102439)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Barbados Eusmilia fastigiata (88865)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Belize Eusmilia fastigiata (88825)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Eusmilia fastigiata (102639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Eusmilia fastigiata (85457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia Eusmilia fastigiata (102769)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Eusmilia fastigiata (82821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Eusmilia fastigiata (103521 103525 103526 103527 103528 103729 103730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) Eusmilia fastigiata (82858)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Netherlands Antilles Eusmilia fastigiata (97604)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Eusmilia fastigiata (97609 97610)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic Eusmilia fastigiata (97552 97553 97554 97555)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Eusmilia fastigiata (166461)