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Echinopora gemmacea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Explanaria gemmacea was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Echinopora gemmacea by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Explanaria gemmacea Lamarck
1879Echinopora carduus Klunzinger
2005Echinopora gemmacea Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusEchinoporaLamarck 1816
speciesgemmacea(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Echinopora gemmacea Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Echinopora carduus Klunzinger 1879 [synonym]
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 Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Echinopora gemmacea (45343)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt Echinopora gemmacea (96759)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Egypt Echinopora gemmacea (96760)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Echinopora gemmacea (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Echinopora gemmacea (234198)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) Echinopora gemmacea (109182)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Echinopora gemmacea (63180 63185)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Echinopora carduus (93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Echinopora gemmacea (176527)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) Echinopora gemmacea (109199 109201 109217 109218 109224 109226 109232 109236 109237 109439)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Echinopora gemmacea (80955 80958 80962 80963 201414)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Echinopora gemmacea (96956 165206)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Echinopora gemmacea (96889 96890 96891)