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Stylophora minor

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Stylophora minor was named by Duncan (1863).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. confusa, S. minuta, S. papuensis, S. tuberosa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Stylophora minor Duncan
1900Stylophora minutissima Vaughan
1919Stylophora goethalsi Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusStylophoraSchweigger 1819
speciesminorDuncan 1863

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.

†Stylophora minor Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Stylophora goethalsi Vaughan 1919 [synonym], Stylophora minutissima Vaughan 1900 [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 Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Gelasian or 33.90000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) Stylophora minutissima (80184)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica Stylophora goethalsi, Stylophora minor (69724)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Stylophora goethalsi (42580)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Jamaica Stylophora minor (69725)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Stylophora minor (203918 203920)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Georgia) Stylophora minutissima (71115)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Stylophora minutissima (92509 123677)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Stylophora goethalsi (124533)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Colombia Stylophora minor (201393 201395)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Jamaica Stylophora minor (69729)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Stylophora goethalsi (163838)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago Stylophora minor (27592)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Dominican Republic Stylophora minor (124722)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama Stylophora minor (120403 120404)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Stylophora minor (34515 34516)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Bahamas Stylophora minor (73641)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6USA (Puerto Rico) Stylophora minor (71245)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bahamas Stylophora minor (73642 73643 73644 73645)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Stylophora minor (120358 120392)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Stylophora minor (41067 41068)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Stylophora minor (41072)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Stylophora minor (41070 41071)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Stylophora minor (71374 71385)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Stylophora minor (34540)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica Stylophora minor (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Stylophora minor (79958)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Bahamas Stylophora minor (73646 73647 73649 73650)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Netherlands Antilles Stylophora minor (41056)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Stylophora minor (120287 120290)