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Trochocyathus microphyllus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Thecocyathus microphyllus was named by Reuss (1871).

It was recombined as Tethocyathus microphyllus by Chevalier (1961); it was recombined as Trochocyathus microphyllus by Baron-Szabo (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Thecocyathus microphyllus Reuss
1961Tethocyathus microphyllus Chevalier
2009Trochocyathus microphyllus Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTrochocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesmicrophyllus(Reuss 1871)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 11:37:19
Modified: 2009-10-10 09:42:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Tortonian or 15.97000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Poland Tethocyathus microphyllus (38818)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland Thecocyathus microphyllus (123733)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco Tethocyathus microphyllus (161391)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246France Tethocyathus microphyllus (161619)