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Agaricia undata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Agariciidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora undata was named by Ellis and Solander (1786). It is extant.

It was recombined as Agaricia undata by Lamarck (1816) and Duncan (1863).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. danae, A. forskali, Cyathoseris danae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1786Madrepora undata Ellis and Solander
1816Agaricia undata Lamarck
1863Agaricia undata Duncan p. 437

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyAgariciicaeGray 1847
familyAgariciidaeGray 1847
genusAgariciaLamarck 1801
speciesundata(Ellis and Solander 1786)

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.

Agaricia undata Ellis and Solander 1786
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Colombia Agaricia undata (73800)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.44 - 11.62Trinidad and Tobago Agaricia undata (27584 27588 27591 27594)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Agaricia undata (120392)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Jamaica Agaricia undata (34543)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Agaricia undata (120218 120219)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Jamaica Agaricia undata (34542)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Agaricia undata (71720 71722 71723 71725 71726 71728 71729 71731 71733 71735 71736 71738 71749 71754 71755 71756 71757 71758 71760 71762 71763 71764 71767 71768 71769 71770 71771 71772 71774 71775 71776)