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Tubipora

Anthozoa - Alcyonacea

Taxonomy
Tubipora was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Alcyonacea by Veron (2000); and to Stolonifera by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Tubipora Linnaeus p. 789
2000Tubipora Veron p. 406
2002Tubipora Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
subclassOctocorallia
orderAlcyonaceaLamouroux 1816
genusTubipora

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.

G. Tubipora Linnaeus 1758
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Tubipora musica Linnaeus 1758
Tubipora rubiola Quoy and Gaimard 1833
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-11 22:04:14
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:36:48
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) T. sp. (45341)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia T. rubiola (110017)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan T. musica (34877 34878 34879)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.126Japan T. musica (87898 87998)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia T. sp. (198575)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Japan (Okinawa) T. musica (62769 62785)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Eritrea T. musica (93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Seychelles T. sp. (80965)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Israel T. sp. (97662)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands T. sp. (43334)