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Lobophyllia costata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae

Taxonomy
Mussa costata was named by Duncan (1846). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lobophyllia costata by Kiessling (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Mussa costata Duncan
2014Lobophyllia costata Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyLobophylliidaeDai and Horng 2009
genusLobophylliaBlainville 1830
speciescostata(Duncan 1846)

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.

Lobophyllia costata Duncan 1846
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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 Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Lobophyllia costata (45341)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Lobophyllia costata (45343)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117New Caledonia Lobophyllia costata (109502)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Lobophyllia costata (90042 90051)