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Anthemiphyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Anthemiphylliidae

Taxonomy
Anthemiphyllia was named by Pourtales (1878). It is extant. Its type is Anthemiphyllia patera.

It was assigned to Anthemiphylliidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Wells (1976).

Species
A. catinata, A. dentata, A. patera (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Anthemiphyllia Pourtales
1956Anthemiphyllia Wells
1976Anthemiphyllia Wells p. 7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyAnthemiphylliidaeVaughan 1907
genusAnthemiphylliaPourtales 1878

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.

G. Anthemiphyllia Pourtales 1878
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Anthemiphyllia patera Pourtales 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: solitaryg
Clonal: yesg
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindg
Reproduction: alternatingg
Asexual: yesg
Dispersal: waterg
Dispersal 2: planktonicg
Created: 2014-06-06 02:23:12
Modified: 2014-06-06 02:23:12
Source: g = genus, subo = suborder
References: Wells 1956, Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 37.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Tonga A. catinata (70950)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) A. sp. (123677)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain A. sp. (56687)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Philippines A. dentata (92586)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan A. dentata (122886)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Japan A. dentata (92589)