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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Faviidae : Mussismilia : Mussismilia harttii |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Mussidae : Mussismilia : Mussismilia harttii |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Mussismilia |
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| Scientific Name | Mussismilia harttii (Verrill, 1868) |
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| Name Published In | Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4 Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. Transactions of the Connecticut Acadademy of Arts and Sciences. 1(2): 351-613. |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Mussismilia harttii | species | belongs to Mussa | stated without evidence | Verrill, 1868 | | Mussismilia harttii | species | belongs to Mussismilia | stated with evidence | Inskipp et al., 2005 |
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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 | 7.25 - 5.33 Ma
Miocene |
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| Environment | marine (based on Scleractinia) |
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| Motility | stationary, attached (based on Faviina) |
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| Vision | blind (based on Anthozoa) |
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| Diet | photosymbiotic, suspension feeder (based on Faviina) |
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| Reproduction | alternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia) |
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| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Faviina) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | T. Inskipp, S. Ferriss, and J. O.’Carroll, T. Garstecki. 2005. Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation No. 338/97, 7th edition. In UNEP-WCMC (ed.), JNCC Report 379:1-327 |
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| Inskipp T., Ferriss S., et al (2005) Checklist of fish and invertebrates listed in the CITES appendices and in EC Regulation No. 338/97, 7th edition, JNCC Report 379, 1-327 |
| 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 |
| Verrill, A.E. (1902). Variations and nomenclature of Bermudian, West Indian and Brazilian reef corals, with notes on various Indo-Pacific corals. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 11: 63-168. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Laborel, J., 1967. A revised list of Brazilian scleractinian corals and description of a new species. Postilla Yale Peabody Museum 107: 1-14. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Budd, A. F.; Fukami, H.; Smith, N. D.; Knowlton, N. (2012). Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Mussidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 166(3): 465-529. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Veron, J. E. N. (2000). Corals of the World. Vol. 1–3. Australian Institute of Marine Science and CRR, Queensland, Australia. - via World Register of Marine Species |
| Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4 Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. Transactions of the Connecticut Acadademy of Arts and Sciences. 1(2): 351-613. - 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) |
| Verrill, A.E. (1868) Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4 Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867.: Transactions of the Connecticut Acadademy of Arts and Sciences. 1(2): 351-613 - via Catalogue of Life |
Mussismilia harttii
