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Peponocyathus minimus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Discotrochus (Cylindrophyllia) minimus was named by Yabe and Eguchi (1937). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cylindrophyllia minima by Squires (1958); it was recombined as Peponocyathus minimus by Cairns (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Discotrochus (Cylindrophyllia) minimus Yabe and Eguchi
1958Cylindrophyllia minima Squires
1997Peponocyathus minimus Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusPeponocyathusGravier 1915
speciesminimus(Yabe and Eguchi 1937)

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.

Peponocyathus minimus Yabe and Eguchi 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoref
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-11 03:20:09
Modified: 2009-11-24 10:12:18
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Waitakian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 25.20000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand Cylindrophyllia minima (89128)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (North Island) Cylindrophyllia minima (176737)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan (Chiba) Discotrochus minimus (92685)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Taiwan Discotrochus minimus (92627 92628)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Taiwan Cylindrophyllia minima (123203)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Cylindrophyllia minima (89416)