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Stylocoeniella minutissima

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Astrocoenia minutissima was named by Gerth (1921).

It was recombined as Stylophora minutissima by Gerth (1933); it was recombined as Actinastrea minutissima by Wells (1964); it was recombined as Stylocoeniella minutissima by Umbgrove (1946) and Kiessling (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Astrocoenia minutissima Gerth
1933Stylophora minutissima Gerth
1946Stylocoeniella minutissima Umbgrove
1964Actinastrea minutissima Wells
2014Stylocoeniella minutissima Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusStylocoeniellaYabe and Sugiyama 1935
speciesminutissima(Gerth 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.

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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 Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 56.00000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Marshall Islands Actinastrea minutissima (45355 45362 45364)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) Stylophora minutissima (62860)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Astrocoenia minutissima (109132) Stylophora minutissima (155986)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Malaysia (Borneo) Astrocoenia minutissima (45351)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Stylophora minutissima (71056)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Astrocoenia minutissima (108813)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Stylocoeniella minutissima (45343)