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Cyphastrea chalcidicum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora chalcidicum was named by Forskal (1775). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cyphastrea chalcidicum by Matthai (1914).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. gerthi, C. progoensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Madrepora chalcidicum Forskal
1914Cyphastrea chalcidicum Matthai

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCyphastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
specieschalcidicum(Forskal 1775)

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 Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.97000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (Auckland) Cyphastrea chalcidicum (85534 85536)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) Cyphastrea chalcidicum (124821)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia Cyphastrea chalcidicum (109239 109241)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Cyphastrea chalcidicum (45343)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malaysia Cyphastrea chalcidicum (216100 216166 216167)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Kalimantan Timur) Cyphastrea chalcidicum (46490)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Cyphastrea chalcidicum (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Cyphastrea chalcidicum (62800)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Aceh) Cyphastrea chalcidicum (63121)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan Cyphastrea chalcidicum (34877)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Philippines (Mindanao) Cyphastrea chalcidicum (45347)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117New Caledonia Cyphastrea chalcidicum (90065 90074)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Taiwan Cyphastrea chalcidicum (63134)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan Cyphastrea chalcidicum (63137 63138)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Cyphastrea chalcidicum (63135)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Cyphastrea chalcidicum (88039 88044 88052)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Cyphastrea chalcidicum (90042 90043 90052 90055)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Cyphastrea chalcidicum (88596)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Cyphastrea chalcidicum (97528)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Cyphastrea chalcidicum (165209)