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Madrepora (Amphihelia)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Taxonomy
Amphihelia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857).

It was synonymized subjectively with Madrepora by Wells (1956); it was reranked as Madrepora (Amphihelia) by Dieni and Omenetto (1960).

It was assigned to Madrepora by Dieni and Omenetto (1960); and to Oculinidae by Chevalier (1961).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Amphihelia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1960Madrepora (Amphihelia) Dieni and Omenetto p. 612
1961Amphihelia Chevalier p. 253

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyOculinidaeGray 1847
genusMadreporaLinne 1758
subgenusAmphihelia(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857)

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.

Subg. †Madrepora (Amphihelia) Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
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Amphihelia alternans Gerth 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:25:46
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:25:46
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Wells 1956, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 33.90000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Hungary Amphihelia sp. (124376)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Amphihelia sp. (163836)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Amphihelia sismondiana (124425 124447 124448)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Amphihelia sp., Amphihelia reflexa (70450)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Amphihelia sp. (70491)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Amphihelia alternans (108813 108814)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sardinia) Madrepora reflexa (84304)