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Isophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy

Isophyllia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1102]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Mussidae by Veron (2000); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mussinae by Budd et al. (2012).

Species

I. desotoensis, I. rigida, I. rosacea, I. sinuosa

Synonyms

Isophyllastrea was named by Matthai (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1102]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Isophyllia by Veron (2000); it was misspelled as Isiphyllastrea by Sepkoski (2002) and Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Mussidae by Chevalier (1961); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Scleractina by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1851	Isophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1928	Isophyllastrea Matthai
1961	Isophyllastrea Chevalier p. 292
2000	Isophyllia Veron p. 36
2002	Isiphyllastrea Sepkoski
2002	Isophyllia Sepkoski
2002	Isphyllastrea Sepkoski
2012	Isophyllia Budd et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Faviina	Vaughan and Wells 1943
family	Mussidae	Ortmann 1890
subfamily	Mussinae	Ortmann 1890
genus	Isophyllia	Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851

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. Isophyllia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851

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†Isophyllia desotoensis Weisbord 1974

Isophyllia rigida Dana 1848

†Isophyllia rosacea Zuffardi-Comerci 1932

Isophyllia sinuosa Ellis and Solander 1786

Invalid names: Isophyllastrea Matthai 1928 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitesubo

Grouping:

colonialsubo

Clonal:

yessubo

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationarysubo

Attached:

yessubo

Life habit:

intermediate-level epifaunalo

Diet:

photosymbioticsubo

Diet 2:

suspension feedersubo

Vision:

blindc

Reproduction:

alternatingo

Asexual:

yeso

Dispersal:

watero

Dispersal 2:

planktonico

Created:

2008-02-21 04:32:59

Modified:

2008-02-21 06:32:59

Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (47 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Italy	Isophyllastrea rosacea (70450)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Portugal	Isophyllastrea orbignyana (151584 151585)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	Panama	Isophyllastrea sp. A (120402)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Portugal	Isophyllastrea sp. (70666)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene	11.608 - 3.6	USA (Puerto Rico)	I. sp. (71245)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Costa Rica	Isophyllastrea sp. (71398)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	USA (Florida)	I. desotoensis (85448) I. desotoensis, I. sinuosa (79958)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Jamaica	Isophyllastrea rigida (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Panama	I. sinuosa (120273 120277) I. sp. A (120353)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.774 - 0.129	Barbados	Isophyllastrea rigida (88831)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Netherlands Antilles (Sint Eustatius)	I. sinuosa (209791)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Dominican Republic	I. sinuosa (34518 34520)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Bahamas (San Salvador)	I. sinuosa (148705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Netherlands Antilles (Curacao)	Isophyllastrea rigida (102670)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Colombia	Isophyllastrea rigida (102766 102769 102788)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Jamaica	I. rigida (176403)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Bahamas	Isophyllastrea rigida (102643 102651) Isophyllastrea sp. (102650) I. sinuosa, Isophyllastrea rigida (102641)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Mexico (Quintana Roo)	I. sinuosa, Isophyllastrea rigida (82819)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Florida)	I. sinuosa (85457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman)	Isophyllastrea rigida (103526 103529 103530 103533 103534 103535 103724 103726 103727 103733) I. sinuosa (103527 103528 103730) I. sinuosa, Isophyllastrea rigida (103725 103728 103729)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)	0.129 - 0.0117	Barbados	Isophyllastrea rigida (102435)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Cayman Islands	Isophyllastrea rigida (97605)