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Turbinaria frondens

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Gemmipora frondens was named by Dana (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Turbinaria frondens by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Gemmipora frondens Dana
1896Turbinaria contorta Bernard
1896Turbinaria danae Bernard
2005Turbinaria frondens Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTurbinariaOken 1815
speciesfrondens(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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Invalid names: Turbinaria contorta Bernard 1896 [synonym], Turbinaria danae Bernard 1896 [synonym]
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 Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Turbinaria frondens (42736)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan Turbinaria contorta (63137 63138)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Turbinaria danae (84621)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Turbinaria frondens (88596)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Turbinaria frondens (97528)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Turbinaria frondens (167465 167487)