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Milleporina (fire coral)

Hydrozoa - Milleporina

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Milleporina Rehfeld and Ernst p. 136
2000Milleporina Veron p. 400
2002Milleporina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
RankNameAuthor
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
orderMilleporina
orderMilleporina

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.

Or. Milleporina [fire coral]
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Fm. †Axoporidae Boschma 1951
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G. †Axopora
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Axopora aggtelekensis Scholz 1972
Axopora cleithridium Squires 1958
Fm. †Heterastrididae Frech 1890
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G. †Heterastridium Reuss 1865
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Invalid names: Stoliczkaria [synonym]
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Millepora alcicornis Linnaeus 1758
Millepora depauperata Reuss 1864
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Invalid names: Millepora cylindrica Reuss 1864 [synonym]
Millepora dichotoma Forskal 1775
Millepora irregularis Rehfeld and Ernst 1998
Millepora mammillaris d'Achiardi 1867
Millepora platyphylla Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1834
Millepora subpirenaica Altuna et al. 2007
Millepora verrucosa Reuss 1868
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: carnivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-08-27 03:49:02
Modified: 2010-02-11 07:06:40
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Givetian to the top of the Holocene or 387.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 372.2 Ma

Collections (164 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian - Frasnian387.7 - 372.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Millepora sp. (77788)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Guizhou) Heterastridium sp. (47456)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Heterastridium sp. (80251)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Axopora aggtelekensis (81050)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Indonesia Heterastridium conglobatum (204273)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Indonesia (Timor) Heterastridium conglobatum (205303)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Alaska) Heterastridium sp. (112416 112417 112422 112437 112441 112442 112448 112462 112463 112468 112527)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation (Adygea) Heterastridium conglobatum (36719)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Canada (British Columbia) Heterastridium conglobatum (22994 100584)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation (Adygea republic) Heterastridium conglobatum (36720 36721 36722)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Austria (Calcareous Alps) Heterastridium sp. (38148)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Oman Heterastridium sp. (101376)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Mexico (Sonora) Heterastridium conglobatum (39170 39172)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Cyprus Heterastridium conglobatum (73866)
Norian228.0 - 208.5USA (Alaska) Heterastridium conglobatum (33430 112470) Heterastridium sp. (85146 101510 112410 112411)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Iran (Isfahan) Heterastridium spp. (138966)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Iran Heterastridium conglobatum (37983) Heterastridium sp. (98644)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3USA (Alaska) Heterastridium conglobatum (44433 44441 44444)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Alaska) Heterastridium sp. (112251)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Oman Heterastridium sp. (73260)