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Stylophora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Stylophora Schweigger
1941Stylophora Wells p. 316
1948Stylacropora Kuehn
1992Stylophora Squires and Demetrion p. 17
1998Stylophora Perrin et al.
2002Stylophora Sepkoski
2005Stylophora López-Pérez p. 81

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusStylophoraSchweigger 1819

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. Stylophora Schweigger 1819
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Stylophora affinis Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Stylophora panamensis Vaughan 1919 [synonym]
Stylophora affinis minor Duncan 1863
Stylophora africana Latham 1929
Stylophora annulata Reuss 1864
Stylophora binacuaensis Altuna et al. 2007
Stylophora canalis Vaughan 1919
Stylophora chaneyi Durham 1942
Stylophora chiraensis Wells 1941
Stylophora coalescens Gerth 1923
Stylophora compressa Duncan 1873
Stylophora conferta Reuss 1868
Stylophora cyclopleura Felix 1921
Stylophora damesi Felix 1884
Stylophora densata Chevalier 1968
Stylophora digitata Pallas 1878
Stylophora distans Leymerie 1846
Stylophora elongata Lamarck 1816
Stylophora eocaenica Kuehn 1948
Stylophora gaasensis Chevalier 1956
Stylophora garumnica Vidal 1921
Stylophora gemmans Gerth 1923
Stylophora granulata Duncan 1864
Stylophora granulata Umbgrove 1950
Stylophora hercegowinensis Oppenheim 1901
Stylophora imperatoris Vaughan 1919
Stylophora italica d'Achiardi 1866
Stylophora kuehlmanni Scheer and Pillai 1983
Stylophora lindavistae Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
Stylophora macdonaldi Vaughan 1919
Stylophora minor Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Stylophora goethalsi Vaughan 1919 [synonym], Stylophora minutissima Vaughan 1900 [synonym]
Stylophora monticulosa Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
Stylophora octophylla Felix 1906
Stylophora parvistella Chevalier 1961
Stylophora paumotensis Chevalier 1976
Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797
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Invalid names: Stylophora danae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym], Stylophora subseriata Ehrenberg 1834 [synonym]
Stylophora pocilloporoides Umbgrove 1950
Stylophora ponderosa Vaughan 1900
Stylophora pulcherrima d'Achiardi 1875
Stylophora ramulosa Chevalier 1956
Stylophora raristella Defrance 1826
Stylophora reussiana Montanaro-Gallitelli and Tacoli 1951
Stylophora rugosa d'Archiac 1848
Stylophora silicensis Weisbord 1973
Stylophora sokkohensis Gerth 1921
Stylophora tenuissima Gerth 1923
Stylophora thirsiformis Michelotti 1847
Stylophora undata Weisbord 1971
Stylophora verrucosa Gerth 1923
Stylophora willoughbyi Wells 1945
Invalid names: Stylacropora Kuehn 1948 [synonym]
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 72.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (476 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Ukraine Astraeopora octophylla (87044)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Saudi Arabia S. sp. (184845)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates S. octophylla (12766 206410)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman S. octophylla (206408)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica S. octophylla (27647)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Spain (Cataluna) S. garumnica (88323)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Senegal (Popenguine) S. sp. (76719)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica S. octophylla (27645 27646)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0United Arab Emirates S. octophylla (175477)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Pakistan (Sind) S. sp. (11288)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) S. ponderosa (34652)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy S. conferta, S. pulcherrima (227866) S. conferta, S. pulcherrima, S. distans, S. italica (227821)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy (Veneto) S. sp. (180311)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) S. chaneyi (5496)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Marshall Islands S. stellata (45355)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Papua New Guinea S. papuensis (70667)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Czech Republic S. compressa (69521)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Jamaica (St. Mary Parish) S. sp. a, S. sp. b (77032)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Italy S. sp., S. contorta, S. conferta, S. annulata, S. rugosa, S. italica (146598)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Czech Republic S. compressa (69514)