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Symphyllia recta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Mussa recta was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Symphyllia recta by Matthai (1928).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. sinuosa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Mussa nobilis Dana
1846Mussa recta Dana
1918Symphyllia nobilis Vaughan
1928Symphyllia recta Matthai

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusSymphylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesrecta(Dana 1846)

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.

Symphyllia recta Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Symphyllia nobilis Dana 1846 [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 Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia Symphyllia nobilis (86769)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran Symphyllia nobilis (25257)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Symphyllia recta (45343 45344)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Symphyllia recta (45335 45339)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Philippines (Mindanao) Symphyllia recta (45347)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Symphyllia recta (87895 87998)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Symphyllia nobilis (63135)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Symphyllia recta (88044)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Symphyllia recta (97666 184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Symphyllia nobilis (90043 90044 90052 90056)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Symphyllia recta (103254 103255 103269)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Symphyllia recta (96956)