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Symphyllia radians

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Symphyllia radians was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Symphyllia radians Milne-Edwards and Haime

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusSymphylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesradiansMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849

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 radians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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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 Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Symphyllia radians (42736)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Symphyllia radians (87895 87987)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Indonesia Symphyllia radians (104656)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia Symphyllia radians (104657)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Symphyllia radians (88047)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Symphyllia radians (96956)