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Hydnophyllia collinaria

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Meandrina collinaria was named by Catullo (1856).

It was recombined as Hydnophyllia collinaria by Budd and Bosellini (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Meandrina collinaria Catullo
1889Hydnophyllia mirabilis Reis
2016Hydnophyllia collinaria Budd and Bosellini

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusHydnophylliaReis 1889
speciescollinaria(Catullo 1856)

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.

Hydnophyllia collinaria Catullo 1856
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Invalid names: Hydnophyllia mirabilis Reis 1889 [synonym]
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: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Croatia Hydnophyllia collinaria (87473)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Hungary Hydnophyllia collinaria (123836 123837 123843 123904)