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Hydnophora variabilis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Goniastrea variabilis was named by Duncan (1873).

It was recombined as Hydnophora variabilis by Stemann (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Goniastrea variabilis Duncan
2003Hydnophora variabilis Stemann

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusHydnophoraFischer de Waldheim 1807
speciesvariabilis(Duncan 1873)

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.

Hydnophora variabilis Duncan 1873
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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 Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 41.30000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0North Atlantic (Saint Barthélemy) Goniastrea variabilis (71118)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Jamaica Hydnophora variabilis (69727)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica Hydnophora variabilis (69724)