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Heterogyra murchisoni

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Pachyseris murchisoni was named by d'Archiac and Haime (1853).

It was recombined as Heterogyra murchisoni by Baron-Szabo (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Pachyseris murchisoni d'Archiac and Haime
1880Cyathoseris orientalis Duncan
1902Oroseris undata Wanner
2008Heterogyra murchisoni Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusHeterogyra
speciesmurchisoni(d'Archiac and Haime 1853)

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.

Heterogyra murchisoni d'Archiac and Haime 1853
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Invalid names: Cyathoseris orientalis Duncan 1880 [synonym], Oroseris undata Wanner 1902 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Miocene or 66.00000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Egypt Oroseris undata (86950)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (Sind) Pachyseris murchisoni, Cyathoseris orientalis (11289)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6India Cyathoseris orientalis (42883)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Hungary Pachyseris murchisoni (123836)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Pachyseris murchisoni (108810)