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Milleporidae
| Description | Fire corals (Millepora) are a genus of colonial marine organisms that exhibit physical characteristics similar to that of coral. The name coral is somewhat misleading, as fire corals are not true corals but are instead more closely related to Hydra and other hydrozoans, making them hydrocorals. They make up the only genus in the monotypic family Milleporidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milleporidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Hydrozoa : Anthoathecata : Milleporidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Hydrozoa : Milleporidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Milleporidae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 269 - 265 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Hydrozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Hydrozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore, suspension feeder (based on Hydrozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Hydrozoa) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. Koby. 1895. Monographie des Polypiers Crétacés de la Suisse [Monograph of cretaceous corals from Switzerland]. Mémoires de la société paléontologique Suisse 22:1-100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | アナサンゴモドキ, Fire Corals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milleporidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Milleaster ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Millepora genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 102 | 388 Ma Middle Devonian | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Permostroma ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 269 Ma Permian | 269 Ma Permian |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Milleporadae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Cnidaria : Hydrozoa : Anthoathecata : Milleporadae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1895 | Milleporidae Koby |
| 1998 | Milleporidae Rehfeld and Ernst p. 136 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
