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Favites acuticollis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Prionastraea acuticollis was named by Ortmann (1889). It is extant.

It was recombined as Favites acuticollis by Inskipp et al. (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Prionastraea acuticollis Ortmann
2005Favites acuticollis 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
genusFavitesLink 1807
speciesacuticollis(Ortmann 1889)

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.

Favites acuticollis Ortmann 1889
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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 Serravallian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 13.82000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Fiji Favites acuticollis (124834)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malaysia Favites acuticollis (216100)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Favites acuticollis (80954)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Favites acuticollis (124789)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan Favites acuticollis (107990)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Favites acuticollis (234198)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Favites acuticollis (101414)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt Favites acuticollis (120209)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt (Red Sea) Favites acuticollis (234197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India Favites acuticollis (165868)