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Scolymia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Mussidae

Taxonomy
Scolymia was named by Haime (1852) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Mussidae by Veron (2000); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); to Lobophylliidae by Dai and Horng (2009); and to Mussinae by Budd et al. (2012).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Scolymia Haime
2000Scolymia Veron p. 66
2002Scolymia Sepkoski
2009Scolymia Dai and Horng
2012Scolymia Budd et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyMussidaeOrtmann 1890
subfamilyMussinaeOrtmann 1890
genusScolymiaHaime 1852

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. Scolymia Haime 1852
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Scolymia australis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Scolymia cubensis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Scolymia lacera Pallas 1766
Scolymia vitiensis Brueggemann 1877
Invalid names: Parascolymia [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 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 (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Colombia S. sp. (73800)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran Parascolymia farquharsoni, Parascolymia vitiensis (25257) Parascolymia sp. (25255 25256 25258)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Turkey S. sp. (166094 166203)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria Parascolymia bracherti (146518)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles S. lacera (209179)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama S. lacera (120397) S. sp. (120358 120359)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) S. sp. A, S. sp. B, S. lacera (35026)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Jamaica S. cubensis (34539)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea S. vitiensis (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica S. lacera (34543)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica S. cubensis (71725 71726 71763 71771) S. cubensis, S. lacera (71722)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica S. cubensis, S. lacera (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) S. australis (85086 85088 85089 85093 85098)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama S. cubensis (120218)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) S. australis (85087)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Pitcairn S. vitiensis (85106)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) S. cubensis (103518 103524 103525 103527 103528)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica (Saint Thomas) S. cubensis (82858)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) S. lacera (97610)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Dominican Republic S. sp. (97553)