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Heterocoenia bacellaris

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Gorgonia bacellaris was named by Goldfuss (1826). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Heterocoenia bacellaris by Leloux (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Gorgonia bacellaris Goldfuss
1999Heterocoenia bacellaris Leloux

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeterocoeniinaBeauvais 1977
familyHeterocoeniidaeOppenheim 1930
genusHeterocoeniaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesbacellaris(Goldfuss 1826)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Heterocoenia bacellaris Goldfuss 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-16 12:54:00
Modified: 2008-02-16 14:54:00
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available