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Cladocora prolifera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Blastotrochus proliferus was named by d'Achiardi (1866).

It was recombined as Cladocora prolifera by Pfister (1980).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Blastotrochus proliferus d'Achiardi
1868Aplophyllia paucicostata Reuss
1868Rhabdophyllia intercostata Reuss
1980Cladocora prolifera Pfister

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCladocoraEhrenberg 1834
speciesprolifera(d'Achiardi 1866)

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.

Cladocora prolifera d'Achiardi 1866
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Invalid names: Aplophyllia paucicostata Reuss 1868 [synonym], Rhabdophyllia intercostata Reuss 1868 [synonym]
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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 41.30000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Croatia Rhabdophyllia intercostata (124308 124309)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy Cladocora prolifera (69968 69969 69970)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Veneto) Aplophyllia paucicostata (91634) Rhabdophyllia intercostata (91645)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy Cladocora prolifera (69942 69950 69965 69966 69967 69971)