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Fungia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1801Fungia Lamarck
1801Fungia lamarck
2002Fungia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyFungiicaeDana 1846
familyFungiidaeDana 1846
genusFungiaLamarck 1801

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. Fungia Lamarck 1801
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Subg. Fungia (Verrillofungia) Wells 1966
†Fungia actinodiscus Umbgrove 1950
†Fungia borneensis Gerth 1925
Fungia concinna Verrill 1864
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Invalid names: Fungia plana Studer 1877 [synonym]
†Fungia decipiens Martin 1880
Fungia fralinae Nemenzo 1955
†Fungia fungites Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Fungia patella Ellis and Solander 1786 [synonym]
Fungia granulosa Klunzinger 1879
†Fungia halophila Felix 1915
Fungia horrida Dana 1848
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Invalid names: Fungia acutidens Studer 1877 [synonym]
†Fungia inaequicostata Gerth 1925
Fungia klunzingeri Doederlein 1901
†Fungia laevis Goldfuss 1826
Fungia moluccensis van der Horst 1919
Fungia proechinata Doederlein 1901
†Fungia pseudoechinata Gerth 1925
Fungia scabra Doederlein 1901
Fungia scutaria Lamarck 1801
†Fungia uniformis Montanaro Gallitelli 1973
Fungia valida Verrill 1864
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: solitaryg
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 10:32:25
Modified: 2008-02-04 12:32:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (118 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Italy F. dubia (146598)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia F. sp. (70939)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Cycloseris decipiens (81717) Cycloseris patella (108810) F. patella (109043)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt F. sp. (124239)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Malaysia F. sp. (165770)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Malaysia (Borneo) F. borneensis (45349)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia F. fungites (71058)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Indonesia F. sp. (164765)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia F. patella (92584)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) F. sp. 1, F. pseudoechinata (45341)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia F. decipiens (109227) F. fragilis (109443)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Tanzania F. sp. (202214)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia F. sp. (108778)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) F. inaequicostata, F. concinna (45344) F. sp. 1, F. sp., F. inaequicostata, F. concinna, F. pseudoechinata (45343)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Java) F. sp. (34722 62862)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Maluku) F. concinna (127844) F. fungites (127816)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea F. sp., F. sp., F. concinna, F. fungites, F. scabra, F. granulosa (42736)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Kalimantan Timur) F. decipiens (46490)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia F. sp. (71079 108772 108773 108774 108775)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806China (Chenhang Island) F. sp. (221981)
Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene5.333 - 0.781Taiwan F. palella (89259)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia F. scutaria, F. concinna, F. granulosa (80954)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) F. patella (62806) F. sp. A (62800) F. sp. B, F. sp. C (62801)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Philippines F. sp. (92586)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (South Sulawesi) F. inaequicostata (124784)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia F. inaequicostata, F. concinna (45332) F. sibogae (45339)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan F. sp. (34879 34881) F. sp., F. granulosa (34880)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) F. halophila (109651)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (Hawaii) F. sp. (22974)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Egypt F. ovalis (96760)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia (South Sulawesi) F. sp. A, F. sp. B, F. sp. C, F. sp. D, F. sp. E, F. sp. F (124880)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Egypt F. sp. (42121)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia F. inaequicostata, F. concinna, F. fungites, F. actinodiscus (42739)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Indonesia F. sp. (104656)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan F. sp. (87892)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) F. scutaria (146613)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia F. sp. (104657)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia F. sp. (198539 198563 198575 198579 198583 198585)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu F. sp. (77905)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) F. scutaria (22975)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan F. patella (63137)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) F. granulosa (63136)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Taiwan F. granulosa (63134)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Indonesia (Talaud) F. sp., F. concinna (42738)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774China (Chenhang Island) F. sp. (221979)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) F. scutaria (62794) F. sp. (62773)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Pitcairn F. scutaria (85104 85105 85106)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt F. fungites (120129 120130)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt F. concinna (120203) F. granulosa (120207) F. klunzingeri (120204) F. sp., F. moluccensis (120205)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti F. fungites, F. plana (102228)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) F. fungites (97666) F. sp. (184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan F. sp. (192912)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) F. sp. (109187 109201 109217 109218 109224 109226 109236 109437 109451)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) F. fungites (84621)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) F. sp. (109169 109173)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles F. sp. (80966 81011)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea F. concinna, F. fralinae, F. granulosa (80719) F. sp. (80721) F. zuffardiae, F. concinna, F. fungites, F. laevis, F. uniformis, F. patella, F. proechinata, F. klunzingeri, F. plana, F. valida (93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) F. sp. (41603 41605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt F. sp. (120128)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Cycloseris patella (90042) F. concinna, F. acutidens (90051)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) F. sp. (109102 109172)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cook Islands F. sp. (89568)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt F. fungites, F. validae (87873)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea F. sp. (34476)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia F. concinna, F. granulosa (80955) F. fungites, F. granulosa (201414) F. scutaria, F. concinna, F. granulosa (80958 80962) F. scutaria, F. concinna, F. klunzingeri, F. granulosa (80963) F. sp., F. fungites (107972)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Malaysia (Terengganu Darul Iman) F. fungites (167463)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles F. sp. (96926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan F. sp. (96956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) F. sp. (97319 166503)