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Caryophyllia crassicosta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Cyathina crassicosta was named by Keferstein (1859). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Caryophyllia crassicosta by Krejci (1926).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Cyathina crassicosta Keferstein
1926Caryophyllia crassicosta Krejci

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyCaryophylliinaeGray 1847
genusCaryophylliaLamarck 1801
speciescrassicosta(Keferstein 1859)

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.

Caryophyllia crassicosta Keferstein 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:12:28
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:12:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 66.00000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Netherlands Caryophyllia crassicosta (123971)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Germany (Nordrhein- Westfalen) Caryophyllia crassicosta (84305 84306)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Caryophyllia crassicosta (124421)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Netherlands Caryophyllia crassicosta (123970)