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Agariciidae

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Agariciidae Gray
1956Agariciidae Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847

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.

Fm. Agariciidae Gray 1847
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G. Agaricia Lamarck 1801
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Agaricia agaricites Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Agaricia crassa Verrill 1901 [synonym], Agaricia purpurea Lesueur 1821 [synonym]
Agaricia batalleri Chevalier 1961
Agaricia dominicensis Vaughan 1919
Agaricia grahamae Wells 1973
Agaricia lamarcki Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Agaricia undata Ellis and Solander 1786
Invalid names: Undaria Oken 1815 [synonym]
G. Coeloseris Vaughan 1918
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Coeloseris mayeri Vaughan 1918
G. †Cyathoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Cyathoseris allisoni Frost and Langenheim, Jr. 1974
Cyathoseris appennina Michelin 1842
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Invalid names: Comoseris alternans Reuss 1868 [synonym], Comoseris conferta Reuss 1868 [synonym], Dimorphastrea depressa Reuss 1868 [synonym], Thamnastraea heterophylla Reuss 1868 [synonym]
Cyathoseris catadupensis Vaughan 1899
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Invalid names: Cyathoseris senessei Alloiteau 1952 [synonym]
Cyathoseris formosa d'Achiardi 1875
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Invalid names: Cyathoseris eocenica Stemann 1992 [synonym]
Cyathoseris hypocrateriformis Michelotti 1861
Cyathoseris joannae Stemann 1992
Cyathoseris judriensis Dainelli 1925
Cyathoseris leganyii Kolosvary 1956
Cyathoseris oppenheimi Eliasova 1974
Cyathoseris oxylopha Reuss 1864
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Invalid names: Leptophyllia tuberosa Reuss 1868 [synonym], Trochoseris difformis Reuss 1868 [synonym], Trochosmilia profunda Reuss 1868 [synonym]
Cyathoseris patula Michelotti 1861
Cyathoseris radiata Michelotti 1861
Invalid names: Dimorphophyllia Reuss 1864 [synonym], Mycetoseris Reis 1889 [synonym], Pseudoseris Alloiteau 1957 [synonym]
G. Helioseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
G. †Heterogyra Reuss 1868
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Heterogyra lobata Reuss 1868
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Invalid names: Latimaeandra morchelloides Reuss 1868 [synonym], Mussa leptophylla Reuss 1868 [synonym], Symphyllia microlopha Reuss 1868 [synonym]
Heterogyra murchisoni d'Archiac and Haime 1853
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Invalid names: Cyathoseris orientalis Duncan 1880 [synonym], Oroseris undata Wanner 1902 [synonym]
Heterogyra zitteli Felix 1903
Invalid names: Felixastraea Oppenheim 1930 [synonym]
G. †Hydnophoroseris Chevalier 1961
G. †Lamellofungia Alloiteau 1957
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Lamellofungia tenochi Felix 1891
G. Leptoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Leptoseris alternans Gerth 1923
Leptoseris anguillensis Vaughan 1919
Leptoseris cucullata Ellis and Solander 1786
Leptoseris dinarica Oppenheim 1901
Leptoseris explanata Yabe and Sugiyama 1941
Leptoseris floriformis Gerth 1923
Leptoseris gardineri van der Horst 1921
Leptoseris glabra Dinesen 1980
Leptoseris irregularis Schuster 2002
Leptoseris lauensis Bromfield 2013
Leptoseris phylloides Felix 1921
Leptoseris portoricensis Vaughan 1919
Leptoseris santaciliaensis Altuna et al. 2007
Leptoseris scabra Vaughan 1907
Leptoseris solida Quelch 1886
Leptoseris speciosa Felix 1921
Leptoseris walli Vaughan 1926
Leptoseris yabei Pillai and Scheer 1976
Invalid names: Agariciella Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym]
G. †Maeandrella Oppenheim 1930
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Maeandrella haipensis Eguchi 1951
Maeandrella wellsi Reig Oriol 1995
G. †Mioseris Chevalier 1961
G. †Morphastrea d'Orbigny 1850
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Morphastrea barcenai Felix 1891
Morphastrea escharoides Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Meandraraea clarendonensis Wells 1935 [synonym]
Morphastrea haimei de Fromentel 1861
Morphastrea laminata Negus and Beauvais 1979
Morphastrea ludovicina Michelin 1845
Morphastrea pseudominima Eguchi 1951
G. †Ogilviastraea Oppenheim 1930
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Ogilviastraea bigemmis Felix 1903
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Invalid names: Euphyllia turgainensis Kuzmicheva 1987 [synonym], Ogilviastraea stoliczkae Pal et al. 1984 [synonym]
Invalid names: Elasmogyra Beauvais 1982 [synonym]
G. Pachyseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Subg. †Pachyseris (Pavonaraea) Umbgrove 1946
Pachyseris affinis Duncan 1880
Pachyseris compacta Umbgrove 1950
Pachyseris cristata Martin 1880
Pachyseris curvata Martin 1880
Pachyseris denticulata Gerth 1923
Pachyseris distans Gerth 1923
Pachyseris irregularis Umbgrove 1946
Pachyseris rugosa Lamarck 1801
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Invalid names: Pachyseris levicollis Dana 1846 [synonym]
G. Pavona Lamarck 1801
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Subg. †Pavona (Pavona) Lamarck 1801
Pavona banoensis Chevalier 1961
Pavona bipartita Nemenzo 1980
Pavona bronni Haime 1850
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Invalid names: Hydnophora venusta Catullo 1856 [synonym], Reussastraea grandis Duncan 1880 [synonym]
Pavona burdigalensis Chevalier 1961
Pavona cactus Forskal 1775
Pavona clavus Dana 1846
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Invalid names: Plocoastraea larochensis Chevalier 1968 [synonym], Progyrosmilia regularis Umbgrove 1950 [synonym]
Pavona danai Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860
Pavona decussata Dana 1846
Pavona duerdeni Vaughan 1907
Pavona explanulata Lamarck 1816
Pavona frondifera Lamarck 1816
Pavona gigantea Verrill 1869
Pavona javana Gerth 1933
Pavona longicollis Chevalier 1961
Pavona machapooriensis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926
Pavona maldivensis Gardiner 1905
Pavona matheroni Chevalier 1961
Pavona microstoma Umbgrove 1925
Pavona minuta Wells 1954
Pavona panamensis Vaughan 1919
Pavona pennyi Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926
Pavona profunda Reuss 1868
Pavona ruvida Prever 1921
Pavona trinitatis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1926
Pavona variabilis d'Achiardi 1875
Pavona varians Verrill 1864
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Invalid names: Pavona intermedia Gardiner 1898 [synonym]
Pavona venosa Ehrenberg 1834
Pavona yamanarii Yabe and Sugiyama 1933
Invalid names: Hydnophorabacia d'Achiardi 1875 [synonym], Pseudocolumnastrea Yabe and Sugiyama 1933 [synonym], Reussastraea d'Achiardi 1875 [synonym], Tichoseris Quelch 1884 [synonym]
G. †Plocoastraea Chevalier 1968
G. †Trochoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
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Trochoseris aperta Duncan 1864
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Invalid names: Elliptoseris aperta Duncan 1880 [synonym], Fungiacyathus bodrakensis Kuzmicheva 1987 [synonym], Trochoseris catadupensis Vaughan 1899 [synonym], Trochoseris meinzeri Vaughan 1919 [synonym], Trochosmilia hilli Vaughan 1899 [synonym], Turbinoseris elegans Duncan 1880 [synonym]
Trochoseris berica Catullo 1856
Trochoseris dachiardii Oppenheim 1901
Trochoseris florescens Felix 1921
Trochoseris gerthi Wells 1941
Trochoseris lobata Reuss 1853
Trochoseris persica Kühn 1933
Trochoseris semiplana Oppenheim 1901
Trochoseris shattucki Wells 1933
Invalid names: Elliptoseris Duncan 1880 [synonym]
G. †Trochoseropsis Soehle 1897
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G. †Valloria Vidal 1874
G. †Vaughanoseris Wells 1934
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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Holocene or 161.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma

Collections (723 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Franche-Comte) Morphastrea haimei (87801)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom Morphastrea laminata (35300)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Spain Astraeofungia tenochi (220703)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Hungary Dimorpharaea barcenai (25151)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Georgia Dimorpharaea barcenai (89974)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46Austria Morphastrea ludoviciana (221476)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Mexico (Puebla) Astraeofungia barcenai, Astraeofungia tenochi (89865)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan (Iwate) Maeandrella haipensis (91282 91322 91323) Stylomaeandra pseudominima (91327 91328)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Lamellofungia sp. A, Maeandrella wellsi (83416) Lamellofungia sp. A, Maeandrella wellsi, Microsolena barcenai (83393)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian122.46 - 100.5Iran Morphastrea ludovicina (31651)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0USA (Texas) Dimorpharaea barcenai (74763)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3USA (Texas) Placohelia richardsi (123329 123339)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian105.3 - 93.5Mexico (Guerrero) Dimorpharaea barcenai (89857)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Trochoseris shattucki (123261)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Greece Astraeofungia barcenai (204527)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Germany Trochoseropsis ettalensis (160830)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Georgia Felixastraea zitteli (91629)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Austria Ogilviastraea bigemmis (27296)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Spain Thamnasteria andranomarivensis (67610)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Jamaica Meandraraea clarendonensis (88335)