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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Balanophyllia : Balanophyllia pittieri |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Balanophyllia : Balanophyllia pittieri |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Balanophyllia |
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Scientific Name | Balanophyllia pittieri Vaughan, 1919 |
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Name Published In | Vaughan, T.W. (1919). Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs. United States National Museum Bulletin. 103: 189-524, pls. 68-152. |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Balanophyllia pittieri | species | belongs to Balanophyllia | stated with evidence | Vaughan, 1919 |
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Status (PBDB) | extant |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) |
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First Recorded Appearance | 3.60 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic |
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Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) |
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Motility | stationary, attached (based on Scleractinia) |
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Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) |
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Diet | suspension feeder (based on Balanophyllia) |
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Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) |
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Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Balanophyllia) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. W. Vaughan. 1919. Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs. Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103:189-524 |
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Vaughan T. W. (1919) Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico, with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and Recent coral reefs, Smithsonian Institution Bulletin 103, 189-524 |
Vaughan, T.W. (1919) Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs: United States National Museum Bulletin.. 103: 189-524, pls. 68-152 - via Catalogue of Life |
Cairns, S.D.; Hoeksema, B.W. & van der Land, J. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017) On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp: In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge - via Catalogue of Life |
Vaughan, T.W. (1919). Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs. United States National Museum Bulletin. 103: 189-524, pls. 68-152. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Cairns, Stephen D., 1999: Species richness of recent Scleractinia. Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59. 1-46. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate scleractinia of the Western Atlantic. Studies on the fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands. 125: 1-235. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Vaughan, T.W. (1919). Fossil corals from central America, Cuba, and Porto Rico: with an account of the American Tertiary, Pleistocene, and recent coral reefs. United States National Museum Bulletin. 103: 189-524, pls. 68-152. - via World Register of Marine Species |
Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. - via World Register of Marine Species |