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Duncanopsammia peltata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora peltata was named by Esper (1794). It is extant.

It was recombined as Turbinaria peltata by Bernard (1896); it was recombined as Duncanopsammia peltata by Kiessling (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1794Madrepora peltata Esper
1896Turbinaria peltata Bernard
2014Duncanopsammia peltata Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusDuncanopsammiaWells 1936
speciespeltata(Esper 1794)

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: 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 Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Turbinaria peltata (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Turbinaria peltata (62804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan Turbinaria peltata (87989 87992 87996)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Turbinaria peltata (63135)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan Turbinaria peltata (63137 63138)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Turbinaria peltata (62786)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Turbinaria peltata (80963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) Turbinaria peltata (109187)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Turbinaria peltata (97528)