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Cladocora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Cladocora Ehrenberg
1873Rhabdocora Fromentel
1956Rhabdocora Wells
1957Haimesiphyllia Alloiteau
1973Cereiphyllia Barta-Calmus
1994Cereiphyllia Alvarez et al.
2000Cladocora Veron p. 88
2002Cereiophyllia Sepkoski
2002Cladocora Sepkoski
2002Haimesiphyllia Sepkoski
2002Rhabdocora Sepkoski
2014Cladocora Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCladocoraEhrenberg 1834

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. Cladocora Ehrenberg 1834
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Cladocora arbuscula Lesueur 1820
†Cladocora barkii Duncan 1880
†Cladocora bosquensis Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
†Cladocora brevis Seguenza 1882
†Cladocora gaasensis Chevalier 1956
†Cladocora gamachotensis Chevalier 1961
†Cladocora gracilis d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Cladocora tenuis Reuss 1854 [synonym]
†Cladocora haimei Duncan 1880
†Cladocora jamaicaensis Vaughan 1899
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Invalid names: Cladocora antarctica Filkorn 1994 [synonym]
†Cladocora johnsoni Gane 1895
†Cladocora liburnensis Chevalier 1961
†Cladocora michelottii Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
†Cladocora multicaulis Michelin 1842
†Cladocora prevostiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
†Cladocora prolifera d'Achiardi 1866
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Invalid names: Aplophyllia paucicostata Reuss 1868 [synonym], Rhabdophyllia intercostata Reuss 1868 [synonym]
†Cladocora reussi Fromentel 1861
†Cladocora rosicensis Oppenheim 1912
†Cladocora tenuis Reuss 1868
Invalid names: Cereiphyllia Barta-Calmus 1973 [synonym], Haimesiphyllia Alloiteau 1957 [synonym], Rhabdocora Fromentel 1873 [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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Callovian to the top of the Holocene or 166.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 164.7 Ma

Collections (130 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Kachchh) Rhabdocora sp. (24050)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Jordan Rhabdocora sp. (83637)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia (Taţāwīn) C. sp. (83347)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Jamaica (Saint Catherine) Rhabdocora sp. (89647)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Switzerland C. brevis (193913)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Pakistan C. sp. (146036)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt C. sp. (150675)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt C. sp. (140242 161468)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Bulgaria Haimesiphyllia salsensis (67563)
Middle Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Greece Procladocora jamaicaensis (64253)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Serbia and Montenegro Procladocora tenuis (79221)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany Procladocora tenuis (74484)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria C. gracilis (74895)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Slovenia Procladocora tenuis (23071)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Croatia Procladocora tenuis (11410)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Jamaica (Westmoreland) C. jamaicaensis (88331)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico C. cracilis, C. jamaicaensis (138913) C. gracilis (38870) C. jamaicaensis (74810)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica C. gracilis, C. jamaicaensis (27650)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica C. gracilis (27646)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Spain C. sp. (68902)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Pakistan (Sind) Rhabdophyllia barkii (11288)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Puerto Rico C. sp. (87547)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica C. antarctica (11305)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (La Pampa) C. gracilis (52354)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2Argentina (Chubut) C. sp. (57167)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Italy Rhabdophylliopsis alloiteaui (24269)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Spain C. sp. (68903)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Italy C. sp. (24270)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Somalia C. rosicensis, Cereiphyllia tenuis, Aplophyllia barkai (45854)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Egypt C. barkii, C. prolifera (34686)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Veneto) C. sp. (180311 214758)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain C. sp. (77000)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy C. sp., C. unilateralis (75454)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Chiapas) C. bosquensis (85736)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) C. sp. (5344 5354)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) C. sp. (5366)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Croatia Rhabdophyllia tenuis, Rhabdophyllia intercostata (124308 124309)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Slovakia (Zilinsky) C. sp. (85002)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Cereiphyllia tenuis (34480 34481 34482 34483)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain Cereiphyllia sp. (69710)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Cereiphyllia sp. (224872) Cereiphyllia tenuis (13354)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) C. tenuis, C. multicaulis (10703)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mexico (Chiapas) C. bosquensis (85732)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy C. prolifera (69968 69969 69970)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy Cereiphyllia tenuis (70053)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France (Aquitaine) C. gaasensis (92231)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Italy (Veneto) Cereiphyllia tenuis (91899) Rhabdophyllia tenuis (91655) Rhabdophyllia tenuis, Aplophyllia paucicostata (91634) Rhabdophyllia tenuis, Rhabdophyllia intercostata (91645)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Spain Cereiphyllia tenuis (92084) C. sp. (92083)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Italy C. prolifera (69942 69950 69965 69966 69967 69971) Rhabdophyllia tenuis (86953)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico C. sp. (45402 45404)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France C. granulosa, C. manipulata, C. ganachotensis, C. vermiculata (163836)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France C. gamachotensis (70074 163837) C. vermiculata (161396)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Chiapas) C. sp. (85794)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) C. sp. (65162)
Aquitanian - Serravallian23.03 - 11.62Libya C. michelottii (34499)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy C. sp. (70450)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Pakistan (Sind) C. haimei (11292)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran C. sp. (41077)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France C. granulosa, C. multicaulis, C. prevostiana, C. gaasensis (70312)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France C. multicaulis (163846)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France C. multicaulis (70510 70511)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Grenada C. sp. (58667 58679)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France C. multicaulis (163845)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama C. sp. (120410)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy C. michelottii (70491)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Morocco C. reussi (161391)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Portugal (Setubal) C. multicaulis (92094)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246France C. delphinensis (161603) C. delphinensis, C. multicaulis (161599) C. multicaulis (70512 161593 161600) C. multicaulis, C. prevostiana (161597) C. sp. (161605)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333France C. multicaulis, C. prevostiana (163847)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy C. michelottii, C. liburnensis (70417)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain C. sp. (153720)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Provinz Siena) C. caespitosa (138092)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Cyprus C. sp. (34689)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Spain C. caespitosa (71144 147449)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Bahamas C. johnsoni (73647)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) C. johnsoni (85449)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Quaternary3.6 - 0.0Spain C. caespitosa (147805)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama C. arbuscula (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Calabria) C. caespitosa (85065)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan C. caespitosa (107990)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) C. caespitosa (84938)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados C. arbuscula (102443)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) C. arbuscula (85455)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy C. caespitosa (173351 173352 176632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Barbados C. arbuscula (102418)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain C. caespitosa (176764)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Apulia) C. caespitosa (130581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy C. caespitosa (166071 176630 176631)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) C. caespitosa (84937)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece C. caespitosa (88773 88774)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greece C. caespitosa (97633)