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Mycetophyllia bullbrooki

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Mycetophyllia bullbrooki was named by Vaughan and Hoffmeister (1926).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Mycetophyllia bullbrooki Vaughan and Hoffmeister
2005Mycetophyllia bullbrooki López-Pérez p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyMussinaeOrtmann 1890
genusMycetophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesbullbrookiVaughan and Hoffmeister 1926

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.

Mycetophyllia bullbrooki Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926
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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 Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Chiapas) Mycetophyllia bullbrooki (85745)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Mexico (Chiapas) Mycetophyllia bullbrooki (31271)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Mycetophyllia bullbrooki (60261 60262 60264)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago Mycetophyllia bullbrooki (27585 27586)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Mycetophyllia bullbrooki (120214)