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Isis

Anthozoa - Alcyonacea - Isididae

Taxonomy
Isis was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Gorgonida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Isididae by Kiessling (2004).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Isis Linnaeus p. 799
2002Isis Sepkoski
2004Isis Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderAlcyonaceaLamouroux 1816
familyIsididaeLamouroux 1812
genusIsis

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. Isis Linnaeus 1758
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Isis polyacantha Steenstrup 1849
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: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 70.60000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Denmark I. sp. (67343)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0New Zealand I. sp. (51083)
Waipawan55.8 - 53.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) I. sp. (51085)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain I. dachiardii (34482 34483)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Hungary I. sp. (123840)
Whaingaroan34.6 - 27.3New Zealand I. dactyla (89070)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran (Kerman) I. danae (87117 87118) I. sp. (87119)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) I. sp. (45341)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) I. polyacantha (109670)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Java) I. polyacantha (34722 62862)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia I. polyacantha (109671)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy I. peloritana (71473)