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Goniopora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Goniopora Blainville
1849Litharaea Milne-Edwards and Haime
1849Goniaraea d'Orbigny
1941Goniopora Wells p. 311
1989Rothastrea Eliasova p. 92
1992Goniopora Squires and Demetrion p. 19
1994Goniaraea Alvarez et al.
2000Goniopora Veron p. 348
2002Goniopora Sepkoski
2005Goniopora López-Pérez p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyPoritidae
genusGonioporaBlainville 1830

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. Goniopora Blainville 1830
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Goniopora affinis Reuss 1866
Goniopora aldrichi Vaughan 1941
Goniopora ameliana Defrance 1826
Goniopora astraeoides Martin 1880
Goniopora bieskidensis Trauth 1911
Goniopora calhounensis Weisbord 1971
Goniopora ciliatus Veron 2000
Goniopora daxitertia Bernard 1903
Goniopora decaturensis Vaughan 1919
Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846
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Invalid names: Goniopora nomlandi Wells 1941 [synonym], Porites superposita Duncan 1880 [synonym]
Goniopora globulosa Chevalier 1961
Goniopora granosa Matheron 1961
Goniopora hilli Vaughan 1919
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Invalid names: Goniopora aucillana Weisbord 1973 [synonym], Goniopora canalis Vaughan 1919 [synonym], Goniopora jacobiana Vaughan 1919 [synonym], Goniopora tampaensis Weisbord 1973 [synonym]
Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919
Goniopora katzeri Oppenheim 1912
Goniopora laurina Eliasova 1989
Goniopora lobata Milne-Edwards and Haime 1860
Goniopora lubinensis Eliasova 1989
Goniopora micrantha Reuss 1869
Goniopora microscopica Duncan 1863
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Invalid names: Litharaea colae Gregory 1900 [synonym]
Goniopora microsiderea Catullo 1856
Goniopora minor Crossland 1952
Goniopora nodulosa Duncan 1880
Goniopora norfolkensis Veron and Pichon 1982
Goniopora octopartita Oppenheim 1901
Goniopora palmensis Veron and Pichon 1982
Goniopora panamensis Vaughan 1919
Goniopora planulata Ehrenberg 1834
Goniopora regularis Duncan 1863
Goniopora retifera Trauth 1911
Goniopora reussiana Duncan 1865
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Invalid names: Goniopora taberi Wells 1934 [synonym], Goniopora trechmanni Wells 1934 [synonym]
Goniopora rudis Reuss 1869
Goniopora somaliensis Vaughan 1907
Goniopora stokesi Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Goniopora tenella Quelch 1886
Goniopora tenuidens Quelch 1886
Goniopora turonensis Chevalier 1961
Goniopora vaughani Nomland 1916
Goniopora websteri Bowerbank 1840
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Invalid names: Goniopora epithecata Duncan 1880 [synonym], Litharaea subepithecata Oppenheim 1912 [synonym]
Invalid names: Goniaraea d'Orbigny 1849 [synonym], Litharaea Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 [synonym], Rothastrea Eliasova 1989 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-04 11:33:30
Modified: 2008-02-04 13:33:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Holocene or 93.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 86.3 Ma

Collections (328 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Iran (Semirom) G. imperatoris, G. elegans (233113)
Cenomanian - Santonian100.5 - 83.6Czech Republic Rothastrea bieskidensis, Rothastrea retifera, Rothastrea laurina, Rothastrea lubinensis (67562)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Austria G. elegans (27296)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Jamaica Porites reussiana (88335)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Cuba G. reussiana (87606 87670)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Jamaica (St. James Parish) G. reussiana, G. trechmanni (88337)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates G. imperatoris (12766 206410)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman Favites tenuiseptata (67009) G. imperatoris, G. elegans (206408)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica (Portland) G. trechmanni (88525)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico G. sp. (138913)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica G. imperatoris (27647 27653) G. imperatoris, G. microscopica (27650)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Jamaica G. imperatoris (27649)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Pakistan (Sind) Litharaea epithecata (11288)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Ukraine (Cherkaska) G. elegans (77069)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Spain G. sp. (68902)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Slovenia G. elegans (79280 79281 79284) Litharaeopsis subepithecata (79287)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Russian Federation (Saratovskaya Oblast) G. websteri (86698)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2China (Tibet) G. sp. (215947)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Italy G. elegans (24269)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Iran (South central Iran) G. microscopica (233247)