Cryptocoenia d'Orbigny 1849 (stony coral)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae

Parent taxon: Cyathophoridae according to H. Löser 2010

See also Baron-Szabo 2002, Pandey and Fürsich 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Wells 1956

Sister taxa: Amphiphora, Columellophora, Cyathophora, Elasmophora, Holocystis, Pentacoenia

Subtaxa: Cryptocoenia aguilerai Cryptocoenia almerai Cryptocoenia antiqua Cryptocoenia arduennensis Cryptocoenia biedai Cryptocoenia brevis Cryptocoenia cartieri Cryptocoenia castellum Cryptocoenia claudiensis Cryptocoenia corbariensis Cryptocoenia desori Cryptocoenia dubia Cryptocoenia fontserei Cryptocoenia intricata Cryptocoenia jacobi Cryptocoenia matskevici Cryptocoenia miyakoensis Cryptocoenia neocomiensis Cryptocoenia nivernensis Cryptocoenia octonaria Cryptocoenia octosepta Cryptocoenia pistillum Cryptocoenia pratti Cryptocoenia regularis Cryptocoenia stelliserrata

view classification

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal photosymbiotic-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Bulgaria (2 collections), Czechia (7), France (3), Germany (5), Greece (7), Hungary (1), India (1), Iran (1), Japan (4), Madagascar (1), Mexico (5), Poland (2), Romania (1), Serbia (5), Slovenia (2), Spain (4), Switzerland (5), Venezuela (1)

• Jurassic of Algeria (4), Azerbaijan (3), Bulgaria (1), China (1), Czechia (4), France (7), Georgia (5), Germany (6), Greece (2), Madagascar (1), Morocco (4), Poland (5), Portugal (6), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (3), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), Thailand (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (6)

Total: 121 collections including 164 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.