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Echinopora lamellosa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora lamellosa was named by Esper (1795). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.

It was recombined as Echinopora lamellosa by Matthai (1914).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1795Madrepora lamellosa Esper
1914Echinopora lamellosa Matthai

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusEchinoporaLamarck 1816
specieslamellosa(Esper 1795)

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.

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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji Echinopora lamellosa (124829)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Echinopora lamellosa (108772 108774 108775 108776)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Paupa) Echinopora lamellosa (62806)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Indonesia (Aceh) Echinopora lamellosa (63124)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Echinopora lamellosa (234198)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Indonesia Echinopora lamellosa (104657)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Echinopora lamellosa (62771 62774)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Egypt Echinopora lamellosa (176529)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Echinopora lamellosa (88047)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt (Red Sea) Echinopora lamellosa (234197)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Echinopora lamellosa (87876)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Echinopora lamellosa (80963 201440)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Echinopora lamellosa (90042)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Echinopora lamellosa (102228)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Egypt Echinopora lamellosa (176437)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Jordan Echinopora lamellosa (97661)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Echinopora lamellosa (96956)