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Platygyra singularis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Coeloria singularis was named by Martin (1880). It is extant.

It was recombined as Platygyra singularis by Bromfield (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Coeloria singularis Martin
2010Platygyra singularis Bromfield

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusPlatygyraEhrenberg 1834
speciessingularis(Martin 1880)

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: 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 Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Aquitanian28.4 - 20.44Indonesia (West Java) Coeloria singularis (123122)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Coeloria singularis (81712)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Platygyra singularis (124792 124880)