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Hydnophyllia stellata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Meandrina stellata was named by Catullo (1856).

It was recombined as Colpophyllia stellata by Pfister (1980); it was recombined as Hydnophyllia stellata by Budd and Bosellini (2016).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Meandrina stellata Catullo
1868Latimaeandra discrepans Reuss
1868Latimaeandra tenera Reuss
1956Favites tenera Chevalier
1980Colpophyllia stellata Pfister
2016Hydnophyllia stellata 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
speciesstellata(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 stellata Catullo 1856
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Invalid names: Latimaeandra discrepans Reuss 1868 [synonym], Latimaeandra tenera Reuss 1868 [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: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Rupelian or 47.80000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Colpophyllia stellata (75454)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Colpophyllia stellata (34481)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Colpophyllia stellata (10963)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Aquitaine) Favites tenera (92231)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Veneto) Colpophyllia stellata (91899) Hydnophyllia stellata (91655) Latimaeandra discrepans (91634) Latimaeandra tenera (91653)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy Colpophyllia stellata (70053)