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Hydnophora tenella

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Hydnophora tenella was named by Quelch (1886). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Hydnophora tenella Quelch

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusHydnophoraFischer de Waldheim 1807
speciestenellaQuelch 1886

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.

Hydnophora tenella Quelch 1886
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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 Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 23.03000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Hydnophora tenella (108810)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Malaysia (Borneo) Hydnophora tenella (45351)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Hydnophora tenella (45343)