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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Balanophyllia : Balanophyllia elongata |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Dendrophylliidae : Balanophyllia : Balanophyllia elongata |
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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 elongata Vaughan, 1900 |
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Name Published In | Vaughan, T.W. (1900). The Eocene and Lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretacaceous species. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey. 39:1-263, pls. 1-24. |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Balanophyllia elongata | species | belongs to Balanophyllia | stated without evidence | Vaughan, 1900 |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 41.3 - 38.0 Ma Eocene |
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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. 1900. The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretaceous species. United States Geological Survey, Monograph 39:1-263 |
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Vaughan T. W. The Eocene and lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretaceous species, United States Geological Survey, Monograph 39, 1-263 |
Cairns, Stephen D., 1999: Species richness of recent Scleractinia. Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59. 1-46. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) |
Vaughan, T.W. (1900). The Eocene and Lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretacaceous species. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey. 39:1-263, pls. 1-24. - via World Register of Marine Species |