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Oulophyllia crispa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Meandrina crispa was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant. It is the type species of Oulophyllia.

It was recombined as Oulophyllia crispa by Matthai (1928).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Meandrina crispa Lamarck
1886Oulophyllia aspera Quelch
1928Oulophyllia crispa Matthai

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusOulophylliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciescrispa(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Oulophyllia crispa Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Oulophyllia aspera Quelch 1886 [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: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia Oulophyllia aspera (86769)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Tanzania Oulophyllia crispa (202214)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malaysia Oulophyllia crispa (216166)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan Oulophyllia crispa (34877)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Oulophyllia aspera (63135)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Oulophyllia crispa (88039)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Oulophyllia crispa (62782)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Oulophyllia crispa (88595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Oulophyllia crispa (97666)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Oulophyllia aspera (90054) Oulophyllia crispa (90044)