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Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) verrucosus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Trochocyathus verrucosus was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

It was recombined as Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) verrucosus by Chevalier (1961).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Trochocyathus verrucosus Milne-Edwards and Haime
1871Acanthocyathus vindobonensis Reuss
1961Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) verrucosus Chevalier

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyCaryophylliinaeGray 1847
genusCaryophylliaLamarck 1801
subgenusAcanthocyathus(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)
speciesverrucosus(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)

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.

Caryophyllia (Acanthocyathus) verrucosus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Acanthocyathus vindobonensis Reuss 1871 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:12:28
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:12:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Tortonian or 28.10000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Acanthocyathus vindobonensis (124418 124424 124425 124447 124448)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Caryophyllia verrucosus (70450)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria Acanthocyathus verrucosus (124240 124258)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic Acanthocyathus vindobonensis (88803)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Caryophyllia verrucosus (70497 70498)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Slovakia Acanthocyathus vindobonensis (123205 123207)