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Stylophora pistillata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora pistillata was named by Esper (1797).

It was recombined as Stylophora pistillata by Klunzinger (1879).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. confusa, S. minuta, S. papuensis, S. tuberosa

Synonyms
  • Madrepora subseriata was named by Ehrenberg (1834). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Stylophora subseriata by Montanaro (1932); it was synonymized subjectively with Stylophora pistillata by Kiessling (2008).
  • Stylophora danae was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Stylophora pistillata by Kiessling (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1797Madrepora pistillata Esper
1834Madrepora subseriata Ehrenberg
1850Stylophora danae Milne-Edwards and Haime
1879Stylophora pistillata Klunzinger
1932Stylophora subseriata Montanaro

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusStylophoraSchweigger 1819
speciespistillata(Esper 1797)

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.

†Stylophora pistillata Esper 1797
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Invalid names: Stylophora danae Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 [synonym], Stylophora subseriata Ehrenberg 1834 [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: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (95 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Stylophora pistillata (70067 163836)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Stylophora pistillata (163837)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) Stylophora pistillata (62859 62860)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia Stylophora pistillata (109009)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Marshall Islands Stylophora pistillata (45352 45357 45359 45365 45378)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Indonesia Stylophora pistillata (108810 109043)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Malaysia (Borneo) Stylophora pistillata (45351)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji Stylophora pistillata (124829)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran Stylophora pistillata (25257)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) Stylophora pistillata (34720)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand (Auckland) Stylophora pistillata (85527 85529 85536)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Malaysia (Borneo) Stylophora pistillata (45349)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Stylophora pistillata (62861)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Australia (Queensland) Stylophora subseriata (71260)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Stylophora pistillata (45341 45342)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Stylophora pistillata (108813 109128)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Marshall Islands Stylophora pistillata (43339)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA Minor Outlying Islands Stylophora pistillata (22977)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia Stylophora pistillata (109227 109239 109444)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Stylophora pistillata (108772 108773 108774 108775 108776)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Kalimantan Timur) Stylophora pistillata, Stylophora subseriata (46490)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (East Nusa Tenggara) Stylophora pistillata (109669) Stylophora subseriata (109670)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia (Java) Stylophora pistillata (34722 62862)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Stylophora pistillata (62804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Stylophora pistillata (81575 87998 88000)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Stylophora pistillata (101414)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Taiwan Stylophora pistillata (63134)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan Stylophora danae (63137 63138)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Stylophora pistillata (80730 80797 80798)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt Stylophora pistillata (120129)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Stylophora pistillata (62774)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Stylophora pistillata (103251 103254 103255 103256 103257 103259 103264 103265 103266 103267)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Stylophora pistillata (103067)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Stylophora pistillata (80956 107972 201412)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) Stylophora pistillata (109172)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Stylophora pistillata (87873 87876)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Stylophora pistillata (120128)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Stylophora pistillata (90042 90054)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Madagascar Stylophora pistillata (89248)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Stylophora pistillata (93827)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu Stylophora pistillata (97441)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Vanuatu (Efaté) Stylophora pistillata (109173)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Stylophora pistillata (63159)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Stylophora pistillata (89257) Stylophora pistillata, Stylophora subseriata (102228)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Stylophora pistillata (80724 80803 80805 184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan Stylophora pistillata (192909 192911 192912)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Stylophora pistillata (97322)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Stylophora pistillata (96956)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles Stylophora pistillata (96926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Stylophora pistillata (97528)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Stylophora pistillata (167465 167487)