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Dichocoeniinae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae

Taxonomy
Dichocoeniinae was named by Vaughan and Wells (1943).

It was assigned to Meandrinidae by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Dichocoeniinae Vaughan and Wells
2006Dichocoeniinae Baron-Szabo p. 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMeandrinidaeGray 1847
subfamilyDichocoeniinaeVaughan and Wells 1943
subfamilyDichocoeniinaeVaughan and Wells 1943

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.

Subfm. †Dichocoeniinae Vaughan and Wells 1943
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G. Dendrogyra Ehrenberg 1834
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Dendrogyra cylindrus Ehrenberg 1834
†Dendrogyra incerta Chevalier 1961
Invalid names: Gyrophyllia D'Orbigny 1849 [synonym]
G. †Scalariogyra Gerth 1923
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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 (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) Scalariogyra escharoides (62859)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia Scalariogyra escharoides (109011)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Gyrophyllia bisinuosa, Dendrogyra incerta (70450)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran Scalariogyra escharoides (25257)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Scalariogyra escharoides (109040)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Scalariogyra escharoides (42289)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Bahamas Dendrogyra cylindrus (73663)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica Dendrogyra cylindrus (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Dendrogyra cylindrus (120217 120284)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Barbados Dendrogyra cylindrus (102463)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) Dendrogyra cylindrus (102672 102679 102680 102696 102698)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Dendrogyra cylindrus (34519 34520)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) Dendrogyra cylindrus (103526 103530 103533 103535 103724 103725 103726 103727 103728 103730 103733)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Dendrogyra cylindrus (85457)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Quintana Roo) Dendrogyra cylindrus (82821)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia Dendrogyra cylindrus (102769 102787)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Virgin Islands, U.S. Dendrogyra cylindrus (97658)