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Colpophyllia willoughbiensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Manicina willoughbiensis was named by Vaughan (1919). Its type locality is Willoughby Bay, which is in a Chattian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Antigua Formation of Antigua and Barbuda.

It was recombined as Colpophyllia willoughbiensis by Frost and Langenheim (1974) and López-Pérez (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Manicina willoughbiensis Vaughan
1974Colpophyllia willoughbiensis Frost and Langenheim, Jr.
2005Colpophyllia willoughbiensis López-Pérez p. 83

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyFaviinaeGregory 1900
genusColpophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
specieswilloughbiensis()

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.

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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 Priabonian to the top of the Burdigalian or 38.00000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Panama Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (7274)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (69724)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Chiapas) Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (85745)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Venezuela Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (87067)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Jamaica Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (69725)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (203876 203879)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (203881 203920) Manicina willoughbiensis (type locality: 34505)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Mexico (Chiapas) Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (31271)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Colombia Colpophyllia willoughbiensis (201393 201394 201395 211329 211330)