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Agathiphyllia antiguensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae

Taxonomy
Astrea antiguensis was named by Duncan (1863).

It was recombined as Cyathomorpha antiguensis by Vaughan (1919); it was recombined as Agathiphyllia antiguensis by Frost and Langenheim (1974) and López-Pérez (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Astrea antiguensis Duncan
1919Cyathomorpha antiguensis Vaughan
1974Agathiphyllia antiguensis Frost and Langenheim, Jr.
2005Agathiphyllia antiguensis López-Pérez p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyAgathiphylliidaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusAgathiphylliaReuss 1864
speciesantiguensis(Duncan 1863)

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: 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 Priabonian to the top of the Burdigalian or 38.00000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Panama Agathiphyllia antiguensis (7274)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Chiapas) Agathiphyllia antiguensis (85745)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Haiti Cyathomorpha antiguensis (61192)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Cuba Cyathomorpha antiguensis (71129)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Dominican Republic Cyathomorpha antiguensis (124758)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Venezuela Agathiphyllia antiguensis (87067 87096)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda (Antigua) Agathiphyllia antiguensis (203919) Cyathomorpha antiguensis (34505 124537 124705)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Puerto Rico Cyathomorpha antiguensis (124635)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Mexico (Chiapas) Agathiphyllia antiguensis (31271)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Antigua and Barbuda Agathiphyllia antiguensis (203876 203879)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Colombia Agathiphyllia antiguensis (201394 201395)