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Guyniidae

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3972https://www.gbif.org/species/3972
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)106895https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=106895
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Scleractinia : Guyniidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassZoanthariade Blainville 1830
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderCaryophylliina
superfamilyFlabellicaeBourne 1905
familyGuyniidaeHickson 1910
Scientific NameGuyniidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Guyniidaefamilybelongs to Flabellicaestated with evidenceWells, 1956
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)23
Extant Size (PBDB)7 (30%)
First Recorded Appearance140 - 133 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Environmentmarine
Motilitystationary, attached (based on Scleractinia)
Visionblind (based on Anthozoa)
Dietsuspension feeder
Reproductionalternating, asexual, dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Scleractinia)
Ecospace Commentsmicrocarnivor
Taphonomyaragonite
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. W. Wells. 1956. Scleractinia. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F:328-444

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Bistylia
genus		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
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Cyathosmilia ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		237.2 Ma
Eocene		33.9 Ma
Oligocene
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Guynia
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		65.33 Ma
Miocene		0 Ma
Extant
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Microsmilia ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		12161 Ma
Jurassic		93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Onchotrochus ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		6101 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
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Palaeopsammia ✝
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		59140 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous		55.8 Ma
Eocene
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Pourtalocyathus
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		623.0 Ma
Miocene		0 Ma
Extant
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Schizocyathus
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		366.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		0 Ma
Extant
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Stenocyathus
genus		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1470.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		0 Ma
Extant
Schizocanthus fissilis
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1910Guyniidae Hickson
1956Guyniidae Wells

References

Wells J. W. (1956) Scleractinia, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology F, 328-444
Cairns, Stephen D., 1999: Species richness of recent Scleractinia. Atoll Research Bulletin, no. 59. 1-46. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Moore, Raymond C., 1956: Part F: Coelenterata. Treatise of Invertebrate Paleontology. 498. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
Cairns, S.D., 1989. A revision of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Philippine Islands and adjacent waters, Part 1: Fungiacyathidae, Micrabaciidae, Turbinoliinae, Guyniidae, and Flabellidae. Smith. Cont. Zool. 486: 136 pp., 42 pls., 3 figs. - via World Register of Marine Species
Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110 - via World Register of Marine Species
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Hallan, J. (2000-current). Biology Catalog. Web compilation accessible at http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (accessed June 2012). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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