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Scolymia cubensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Caryophyllia cubensis was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1849). It is extant.

It was recombined as Scolymia cubensis by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Caryophyllia cubensis Milne-Edwards and Haime
2005Scolymia cubensis Inskipp et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyMussinaeOrtmann 1890
genusScolymiaHaime 1852
speciescubensis(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849)

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.

Scolymia cubensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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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: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Scolymia cubensis (34539)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Scolymia cubensis (120218)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Scolymia cubensis (71722 71725 71726 71763 71771)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica Scolymia cubensis (34542)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) Scolymia cubensis (82858)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Scolymia cubensis (103518 103524 103525 103527 103528)