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Aplocyathus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy
Aplocyathus was named by d'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) by d'Orbigny (1849) and Kiessling (2003).

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Trochocyathus by d'Orbigny (1849) and Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Aplocyathus d'Orbigny
1849Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) d'Orbigny
2002Aplocyathus Sepkoski
2003Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
genusAplocyathusd'Orbigny 1849

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. Aplocyathus d'Orbigny 1849
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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: Zanclean or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Sevilla) A. sp. (123585)