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Trachyphyllia bilobata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Antillia bilobata was named by Duncan (1863). It is extant.

It was recombined as Trachyphyllia bilobata by Budd and McNeill (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Antillia bilobata Duncan
1998Trachyphyllia bilobata Budd and McNeill

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusTrachyphylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesbilobata(Duncan 1863)

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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago Trachyphyllia bilobata (27593)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Trachyphyllia bilobata (41112)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Trachyphyllia bilobata (41113)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Trachyphyllia bilobata (120396 120397)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Trachyphyllia bilobata (35026)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Trachyphyllia bilobata (41114)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica Trachyphyllia bilobata (34539)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica Trachyphyllia bilobata (34543)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Antillia bilobata (79958)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Bahamas Trachyphyllia bilobata (73648 73658)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Bahamas Trachyphyllia bilobata (73663)