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Cycliphyllia cyclica

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyclophylliidae

Taxonomy
Thecosmilia cyclica was named by Schaffer and Senowbari-Daryan (1978). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Cycliphyllia cyclica by Roniewicz (1991); it was recombined as Cyclophyllia cyclica by Turnsek (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Thecosmilia cyclica Schaffer and Senowbari-Daryan
1978Thecosmilia cyclica Schäfer and Senowbari-Daryan
1991Cycliphyllia cyclica Roniewicz
1997Cyclophyllia cyclica Turnsek

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderPachythecaliinaEliasova 1976
superfamilyVolzeioideaCuif 1977
familyCyclophylliidaeRoniewicz 1989
genusCycliphyllia(Roniewicz 1989)
speciescyclica(Schaffer and Senowbari-Daryan 1978)

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.

Cycliphyllia cyclica Schaffer and Senowbari-Daryan 1978
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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 Lacian to the top of the Sevatian or 221.50000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5Oman Cyclophyllia cyclica (24306)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Austria (Calcareous Alps) Thecosmilia cyclica (38148)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Slovenia Cyclophyllia cyclica (68756)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0India Retiophyllia cyclica (36386)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria Retiophyllia cyclica (36815)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria Thecosmilia cyclica (36801 36807)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Calcareous Alps) Cyclophyllia cyclica (38141 38144)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Slovenia Cyclophyllia cyclica (36572)