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Cyphastrea ocellina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Astrea ocellina was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cyphastrea ocellina by Kiessling et al. (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Astrea ocellina Dana
2011Cyphastrea ocellina Kiessling et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCyphastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesocellina(Dana 1846)

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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA Minor Outlying Islands Cyphastrea ocellina (109623)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cyphastrea ocellina (22975)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) Cyphastrea ocellina (105528)