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Notophyllia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Notophyllia was named by Dennant (1899) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant. Its type is Notophyllia semivestita.

It was assigned to Dendrophylliidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Notophyllia Dennant
1956Notophyllia Wells
2002Notophyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusNotophyllia

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. Notophyllia Dennant 1899
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Notophyllia aperta Dennant 1899
Notophyllia gracilis Dennant 1899
Notophyllia semivestita Dennant 1899
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 Langhian to the top of the Zanclean or 15.97000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) N. semivestita (122377)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) N. aperta (122378) N. aperta, N. semivestita, N. gracilis (92292) N. gracilis (122349)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) N. variolaris (166744)