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Stylophora cyclopleura

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Stylophora cyclopleura was named by Felix (1921). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gunung Badupar, Borneo, which is in a Miocene perireef or subreef marl in Indonesia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Stylophora cyclopleura Felix

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusStylophoraSchweigger 1819
speciescyclopleura

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.

Stylophora cyclopleura Felix 1921
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 20.44000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) Stylophora cyclopleura (62860)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Stylophora cyclopleura (155986)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran Stylophora cyclopleura (25257)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Stylophora cyclopleura (type locality: 109008)