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Cyphastrea serailia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora serailia was named by Forskal (1775). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.

It was recombined as Cyphastrea serailia by Matthai (1914).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. gerthi, C. progoensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Madrepora serailia Forskal
1914Cyphastrea serailia Matthai
1925Cyphastrea niasensis Gerth

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMerulinidaeVerrill 1866
genusCyphastreaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesserailia(Forskal 1775)

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.

Cyphastrea serailia Forskal 1775
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Invalid names: Cyphastrea niasensis Gerth 1925 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia (Java) Cyphastrea niasensis (62860)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Fiji Cyphastrea serailia (124829)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Iran Cyphastrea serailia, Cyphastrea niasensis (25257)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Indonesia Cyphastrea niasensis (109219)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Sulawesi Tenggara) Cyphastrea serailia (109175)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Cyphastrea niasensis (108774) Cyphastrea serailia (108776 109654) Cyphastrea serailia, Cyphastrea niasensis (108772)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588French Polynesia Cyphastrea serailia (84951)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Cyphastrea serailia (42736)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Cyphastrea serailia (80954)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Taiwan Cyphastrea serailia (63139 63140)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Cyphastrea serailia (45339)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt Cyphastrea serailia (96759)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan Cyphastrea serailia (34878 34879)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Egypt Cyphastrea serailia (96760)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Cyphastrea serailia (85085 85086 85088 85089 85090 85091 85092 85093 85094 85095 85098 85099 85100 85102)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia (South Sulawesi) Cyphastrea serailia (124787 124790 124792)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Indonesia Cyphastrea serailia (42739)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Japan Cyphastrea serailia (87893)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Indonesia Cyphastrea serailia (104656)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan Cyphastrea serailia (107990)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia (Jazan) Cyphastrea serailia (234198)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117New Caledonia Cyphastrea serailia (90062 90063 90064 90068) Cyphastrea serailia, Cyphastrea niasensis (90069)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Japan Cyphastrea serailia (63137)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Taiwan Cyphastrea serailia (63134)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774New Zealand (Kermadec Islands) Cyphastrea serailia (85087)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Cyphastrea serailia (80738)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Cyphastrea serailia (89165)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan Cyphastrea serailia (88047 88054)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Egypt (Red Sea) Cyphastrea serailia (234196)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Cyphastrea serailia (88595 88596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117New Caledonia Cyphastrea serailia (90042 90043 90050 90051)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Cyphastrea serailia (102228)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Papua New Guinea Cyphastrea serailia (103254 103261 103268 127128)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Cyphastrea serailia (84621)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Queensland) Cyphastrea serailia (97666 184506)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Cyphastrea serailia (80955 80963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Egypt (Sinai) Cyphastrea serailia (109237)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Chiba) Cyphastrea serailia (97528)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan Cyphastrea serailia (96956 165553 165555)
Holocene (interglacial)0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Queensland) Cyphastrea serailia (167487)