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Cyphastrea gemmulifera

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Cyphastrea gemmulifera was named by Gerth (1921).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Cyphastrea gemmulifera Gerth

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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
speciesgemmuliferaGerth 1921

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.

Cyphastrea gemmulifera Gerth 1921
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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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Pliocene or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) Cyphastrea gemmulifera (62860)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Cyphastrea gemmulifera (108810)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) Cyphastrea gemmulifera (34720 34721)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji Cyphastrea gemmulifera (124829)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) Cyphastrea gemmulifera (124821 124823 124824)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Cyphastrea gemmulifera (42224)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Cyphastrea gemmulifera (108813 108814 109128)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (East Kalimantan) Cyphastrea gemmulifera (108805)