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Eguchipsammia cornucopia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Dendrophyllia cornucopia was named by Pourtales (1871). It is extant.

It was recombined as Eguchipsammia cornucopia by Kiessling (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Dendrophyllia cornucopia Pourtales
2014Eguchipsammia cornucopia Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusEguchipsammiaCairns 1994
speciescornucopia(Pourtales 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.

Eguchipsammia cornucopia Pourtales 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Dominican Republic Dendrophyllia cornucopia (93619 93688)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Dendrophyllia cornucopia (93606 93654 93689)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Dendrophyllia cornucopia (75036)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Dendrophyllia cornucopia (93610)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Dendrophyllia cornucopia (93714)