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Cyphastrea
Taxonomy
Cyphastrea was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848). It is extant.
It was assigned to Faviidae by Veron (2000); to Scleractinia by Osberger (1954) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Faviidae by Veron (2000); to Scleractinia by Osberger (1954) and Sepkoski (2002); and to Merulinidae by Huang et al. (2014).
Species
Cyphastraea coloi, Cyphastraea costata, C. aliceae, C. buddae, C. chalcidicum, C. crassa, C. cymotoma, C. decadia, C. gemmulifera, C. hexasepta, C. japonica (syn. Solenastrea arborescens), C. microphthalma (syn. C. gardineri), C. monticulifera, C. ocellina, C. serailia (syn. C. niasensis), C. spinea, C. tampae, C. tubifera, C. wanneri
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1848 | Cyphastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime |
| 1954 | Cyphastrea Osberger |
| 2000 | Cyphastrea Veron p. 240 |
| 2002 | Cyphastraea Sepkoski |
| 2014 | Cyphastrea Huang et al. |
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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. Cyphastrea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Cyphastraea coloi Chevalier 1961
†Cyphastraea costata Duncan 1863
†Cyphastrea aliceae Bromfield 2013
†Cyphastrea buddae Bromfield 2013
Cyphastrea chalcidicum Forskal 1775
†Cyphastrea crassa Gerth 1923
†Cyphastrea cymotoma Felix 1913
Cyphastrea decadia Moll and Borel- Best 1984
†Cyphastrea gemmulifera Gerth 1921
Cyphastrea hexasepta Veron et al. 2000
Cyphastrea japonica Yabe and Sugiyama 1932
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Invalid names: Solenastrea arborescens Gerth 1925 [synonym]
†Cyphastrea microphthalma Lamarck 1816
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Invalid names: Cyphastrea gardineri Matthai 1914 [synonym]
†Cyphastrea monticulifera Felix 1921
Cyphastrea ocellina Dana 1846
Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775
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Invalid names: Cyphastrea niasensis Gerth 1925 [objective synonym]
†Cyphastrea spinea Bromfield 2013
†Cyphastrea tampae Weisbord 1973
†Cyphastrea tubifera Gerth 1923
†Cyphastrea wanneri Felix 1915
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma
Collections (254 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Eocene | Indonesia | C. crassa, C. monticulifera (71057) | |
| Chattian - Aquitanian | USA (Florida) | C. tampae (92509) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Indonesia (East Kalimantan) | C. monticulifera (110021) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Indonesia (Java) | Cyphastraea tuberifera, Cyphastraea progoensis, Cyphastraea gemmulifera, Cyphastraea sp. (62859) C. progoensis, C. gerthi, C. niasensis, C. gemmulifera, C. tubifera (62860) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Indonesia | C. microphthalma (86769) C. monticulifera (109011 109012) | |
| Miocene | Indonesia | Cyphastraea gemmulifera (155986) C. gemmulifera (108810) C. monticulifera (109170) | |
| Miocene | Marshall Islands | C. microphthalma (45378) | |
| Miocene | Japan | C. sp. (155183) | |
| Miocene - Pliocene | Malaysia (Borneo) | C. sp. (45351) | |
| Burdigalian | Indonesia (Java) | C. gemmulifera (34720) C. gerthi, C. gemmulifera, C. tubifera (34721) | |
| Burdigalian | Iran | C. sp. (25256 25258 79649) C. sp., C. serailia, C. niasensis (25257) | |
| Burdigalian | Italy | C. undulata (70450) | |
| Burdigalian | Fiji | C. n. sp. A, C. serailia, C. gemmulifera, C. spinea (124829) | |
| Altonian | New Zealand (Auckland) | C. chalcidicum (85534 85536) C. sp. A (85526 85527) | |
| Langhian | Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) | C. chalcidicum, C. gemmulifera (124821) C. gemmulifera (124823 124824) C. sp. A (124822) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan | C. sp. (70064) | |
| Middle Miocene | Indonesia | C. rembangensis (71056) | |
| Serravallian | Papua New Guinea (East New Britain) | C. n. sp. B, C. aliceae (124826) C. n. sp. B, C. n. sp. C, C. aliceae, C. buddae (124827) | |
| Tortonian | Morocco | Cyphastraea coloi (161325 161327) | |
| Tortonian | Indonesia | C. sp. (164753) | |