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Isophyllia rigida

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Astraea rigida was named by Dana (1848). It is extant.

It was recombined as Isophyllastrea rigida by Matthai (1928); it was recombined as Isophyllia rigida by Veron (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Astraea rigida Dana
1928Isophyllastrea rigida Matthai
2000Isophyllia rigida Veron

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyMussinaeOrtmann 1890
genusIsophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851
speciesrigida(Dana 1848)

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: 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 Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica Isophyllastrea rigida (34542)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Barbados Isophyllastrea rigida (88831)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Isophyllia rigida (176403)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Isophyllastrea rigida (103526 103529 103530 103533 103534 103535 103724 103725 103726 103727 103728 103729 103733)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia Isophyllastrea rigida (102766 102769 102788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Isophyllastrea rigida (82819)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Isophyllastrea rigida (102670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Barbados Isophyllastrea rigida (102435)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Isophyllastrea rigida (102641 102643 102651)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cayman Islands Isophyllastrea rigida (97605)