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Heterocyathus japonicus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Stephanoseris japonica was named by Verrill (1866). It is extant.

It was recombined as Heterocyathus japonicus by Yabe and Eguchi (1942).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Stephanoseris japonica Verrill
1942Heterocyathus japonicus Yabe and Eguchi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusHeterocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesjaponicus(Verrill 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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2009-10-10 08:28:32
Modified: 2009-10-10 10:28:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan (Shizuoka) Heterocyathus japonicus (92644)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Taiwan Heterocyathus japonicus (92627 92628)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan (Chiba) Heterocyathus japonicus (92649 92682 92683)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Heterocyathus japonicus (89417)