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Latusastrea decipiens

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Heliopora decipiens was named by Prever (1909).

It was recombined as Latusastrea decipiens by Morycowa and Decrouez (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Heliopora decipiens Prever
2006Latusastrea decipiens Morycowa and Decrouez

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeterocoeniinaBeauvais 1977
familyHeterocoeniidaeOppenheim 1930
genusLatusastrea
speciesdecipiens(Prever 1909)

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.

Latusastrea decipiens Prever 1909
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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 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Poland Latusastrea decipiens (67122 67123 67124)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Georgia Latusastrea decipiens (67512)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Serbia Latusastrea decipiens (74793 74794)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Slovenia Latusastrea decipiens (68728)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Switzerland Latusastrea decipiens (72040)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain Latusastrea decipiens (74894)