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Stylophora pulcherrima

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae

Taxonomy
Stylophora pulcherrima was named by d'Achiardi (1875).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Stylophora pulcherrima d'Achiardi

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPocilloporidaeGray 1842
genusStylophoraSchweigger 1819
speciespulcherrimad'Achiardi 1875

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.

Stylophora pulcherrima d'Achiardi 1875
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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 Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 56.00000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Stylophora pulcherrima (227821 227866)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy Stylophora pulcherrima (75454)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Pakistan Stylophora pulcherrima (11291)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Stylophora pulcherrima (77652)