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Hydnophora microconos

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Monticularia microconos was named by Lamarck (1816). It is extant.

It was recombined as Hydnophora microconos by Matthai (1928).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Monticularia microconos Lamarck
1928Hydnophora microconos Matthai

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusHydnophoraFischer de Waldheim 1807
speciesmicroconos(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.

Hydnophora microconos Lamarck 1816
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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: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Holocene or 13.82000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) Hydnophora microconos (124825)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) Hydnophora microconos (45343)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Hydnophora microconos (42736)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan Hydnophora microconos (34878)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia Hydnophora microconos (104657)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Hydnophora microconos (101414)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan (Okinawa) Hydnophora microconos (63135)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Hydnophora microconos (62796)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt (Red Sea) Hydnophora microconos (234197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Hydnophora microconos (102962)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Hydnophora microconos (90044 90052)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Hydnophora microconos (80963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Pakistan Hydnophora microconos (192909 192911)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Hydnophora microconos (103253 103254 103255 103256 103264 103265 103269 103270 127130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Hydnophora microconos (102228)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Hydnophora microconos (88595)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Hydnophora microconos (80721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) Hydnophora microconos (109181 109182)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Hydnophora microconos (44911)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Guam Hydnophora microconos (97444)