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Heterocoeniina

Anthozoa - Scleractinia

Taxonomy
Heterocoeniina was named by Beauvais (1977). It is extant.

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Morycowa and Decrouez (2006).

Subtaxa
Heterocoeniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Heterocoeniina Beauvais
2006Heterocoeniina Morycowa and Decrouez

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderHeterocoeniinaBeauvais 1977
suborderHeterocoeniinaBeauvais 1977

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.

Subor. Heterocoeniina Beauvais 1977
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Fm. †Heterocoeniidae Oppenheim 1930
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G. †Acanthogyra Ogilvie 1897
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†Acanthogyra aptiana Turnsek and Mihajlovic 1981
†Acanthogyra columnaris Ogilvie 1897
†Acanthogyra multiformis Ogilvie 1897
†Acanthogyra paracolumnaris Sikharulidze 1979
†Acanthogyra parvisepta Eliasova 1973
†Acanthogyra subcompressa Ogilvie 1897
†Acanthogyra tosaensis Eguchi 1951
G. †Baryhelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857
G. †Canleria Eliasova 1996
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†Canleria clemens Eliasova 1996
G. †Castiglionastrea Gill et al. 2004
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†Castiglionastrea tenuisepta Gill et al. 2004
G. †Confusaforma Loeser 1987
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†Confusaforma prima Löser et al. 2021
†Confusaforma weyeri Löser 1987
G. †Cuneiphyllia Eliasova 1978
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†Cuneiphyllia gracilis Geyer 1955
G. †Elasmocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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†Elasmocoenia mitzopoulosi Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 1997
†Elasmocoenia rubrolineata Löser et al. 2009
Invalid names: Latusastraeopsis Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 1997 [synonym]
G. †Heterocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Heterocoenia bacellaris Goldfuss 1826
†Heterocoenia balkhanensis Kuzmicheva 1987
†Heterocoenia crassa de Fromentel 1861
†Heterocoenia decipiens Hackemesser 1936
†Heterocoenia decipiens ramosa Hackemesser 1936
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Invalid names: Heterocoenia garumnica Vidal 1921 [synonym]
†Heterocoenia densa Eguchi 1936
†Heterocoenia distans Milne et al. 1848
†Heterocoenia erecta Felix 1903
†Heterocoenia exigua Michelin 1846
†Heterocoenia fuchsi Felix 1903
†Heterocoenia gracilis Quenstedt 1881
†Heterocoenia grandis Reuss 1854
†Heterocoenia hilli Wells 1932
†Heterocoenia inflexa Eichwald 1865
†Heterocoenia minima d'Orbigny 1850
†Heterocoenia minuta Morycowa 1971
†Heterocoenia pusilla Reig Oriol 1992
†Heterocoenia verrucosa Reuss 1854
Invalid names: Bacillastraea [synonym], Hexasmilia de Fromentel 1870 [synonym], Miyakosmilia Eguchi 1936 [synonym], Pachycoenia [synonym], Paronastraea Beauvais 1977 [synonym]
G. Heterosmilia Kołodziej et al. 2012
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Heterosmilia spinosa Kołodziej et al. 2012
G. †Hexasmiliopsis Löser 2008
G. †Latusastrea D'Orbigny 1849
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†Latusastrea decipiens Prever 1909
†Latusastrea exiguis Fromentel 1862
†Latusastrea polygonalis de Fromentel 1862
†Latusastrea provincialis d'Orbigny 1849
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Invalid names: Latusastraea xigazeensis Liao and Xia 1994 [synonym]
G. †Pachythecophyllia Kolodziej 2003
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†Pachythecophyllia eliasovae Kolodziej 2003
G. †Preverastraea Beauvais 1976
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†Preverastraea chelussi Prever 1909
†Preverastraea coatlicuae Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009
†Preverastraea diplothecata Hackemesser 1936
†Preverastraea felixi Hackemesser 1936
†Preverastraea isseli Prever 1909
†Preverastraea marinosi Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002
†Preverastraea multistella Stoliczka 1873
†Preverastraea paronai Prever 1909
†Preverastraea robusta Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 2002
†Preverastraea roveretoi Prever 1909
†Preverastraea tocae Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009
G. †Preverastraeopsis Baron-Szabo 2021
G. †Styloheterocoenia Löser et al. 2018
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†Styloheterocoenia brunni Löser et al. 2018
†Styloheterocoenia hellenensis Löser et al. 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Lutetian or 157.90000 to 41.03000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 154.8 Ma

Collections (127 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Iran (Tabas Area) Acanthogyra columnaris (41421)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Iran (Tabas Area) Acanthogyra multiformis, Acanthogyra columnaris (41422)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Japan (Fukushima) Acanthogyra sp. (85574)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Ethiopia Cryptocoenia brevis (93538)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Italy Castiglionastrea sp. (238627)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Ethiopia Cryptocoenia brevis (93501)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Acanthogyra columnaris (68590)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Slovenia Acanthogyra columnaris (68690) Acanthogyra multiformis (68686)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Acanthogyra multiformis (34612)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Acanthogyra multiformis (68585)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Italy Castiglionastrea tenuisepta (84820)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Latusastrea sp. (25327)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2France Baryhelia crassa (68507)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Italy Heterocoenia minutisima (154046)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Lebanon Baryhelia hexaconena (34869)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Czechia Acanthogyra multiformis (31283)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Poland Acanthogyra columnaris (151577) Latusastrea sp. (151546)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Georgia Acanthogyra columnaris (85933)
Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian149.2 - 141.0Poland Latusastrea sp. (151545)
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Japan (Kochi) Acanthogyra tosaensis (91380 91382)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Acanthogyra multiformis, Acanthogyra columnaris, Pleurophyllia gracilis, Acanthogyra parvisepta, Cuneiphyllia gracilis (36533) Pleurophyllia gracilis (36539)
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Switzerland Cyathophora regularis (77113)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Austria Heterocoenia inflexa (192211)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Spain Latusastrea exiguis (69144)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Hungary Confusaforma sp. (25151)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland (Alpstein  ) Heterocoenia inflexa (233521)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland Pachythecophyllia eliasovae (151555)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Bulgaria (Pernik) Latusastrea sp. (87081)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Spain Confusaforma prima (220703)
Early/Lower Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Ukraine Latusastrea provincialis (77086)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Spain Latusastrea irregularis (56707)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Jamaica (Saint Catherine) Latusastrea rubrolineata (89647)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Georgia Latusastrea exiguis (89961)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Mexico (Puebla) Latusastrea provincialis, Latusastrea irregularis, Heterocoenia pusilla (89865)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Ukraine Latusastrea sp. (67457)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Poland Latusastrea decipiens, Latusastrea exiguis (67124) Latusastrea decipiens, Latusastrea exiguis, Latusastrea provincialis (67122 67123) Latusastrea exiquis (64118)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Latusastrea irregularis (65201)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Georgia Latusastrea decipiens (67512)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Turkmenistan Latusastrea provincialis, Heterocoenia balkhanensis (91685)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Latusastrea irregularis (65198) Latusastrea provincialis (65200)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Bulgaria Hexasmilia sp., Heterosmilia spinosa (151443)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Mexico Preverastraea paronai (21253)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Serbia Latusastrea decipiens (74794) Latusastrea decipiens, Acanthogyra aptiana (74793)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Austria Heterocoenia minima, Heterocoenia inflexa (221476)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Slovenia Latusastrea decipiens, Latusastrea exiguis (68728)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Romania Heterocoenia sp., Latusastrea exiguis, Heterocoenia minima (69201)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Mexico (Michoacan) Latusastrea alveolaris (89846)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Switzerland Heterocoenia minima (221503) Latusastrea decipiens (72040)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Heterocoenia sp. (60375) Heterocoenia sp., Preverastraea aptiana, Latusastrea provincialis (34719)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany Heterocoenia sp., Heterocoenia minima, Acanthogyra aptiana (221477) Latusastrea sp., Latusastrea provincialis (25535)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Spain Hexasmiliopsis saldanai (84552)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Romania Latusastrea sp. (221640)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian121.4 - 110.1Spain Latusastrea decipiens, Latusastrea provincialis, Heterosmilia sp. (74894) Latusastrea provincialis (74893)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan (Iwate) Astrocoenia japonica (91321 91322 91326) Heterocoenia explanata, Heterocoenia tetraseptata, Miyakosmilia densa, Astrocoenia japonica (91282) Heterocoenia hideshimaensis (91327) Heterocoenia hideshimaensis, Heterocoenia mojiensis, Astrocoenia japonica (91324) Heterocoenia sp., Heterocoenia hideshimaensis, Astrocoenia japonica (91328) Miyakosmilia ishidai, Astrocoenia japonica (91325)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain (Valencia) Hexasmilia elmari (84708)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain Hexasmilia elmari (67606) Hexasmilia sp., Hexasmilia elmari (67607)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Tanzania Latusastrea irregularis (85348 85352) Preverastraea multistella (85356)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Mexico (Sonora) Latusastrea provincialis (35101)
Late/Upper Aptian - Albian119.57 - 100.5China (Xizang) Preverastraea isseli (74275)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Mexico Latusastrea provincialis, Heterocoenia exigua, Preverastraea felixi, Preverastraea roveretoi (21254)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1USA (Texas) Connectastrea infundibuliformis (74767) Heterocoenia hilli (74765)
Albian113.2 - 100.5China (Xizang) Latusastraea xigazeensis (80568)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Greece Heterocoenia sp., Preverastraea sp., Preverastraea felixi, Latusastraeopsis mitzopoulosi, Preverastraea diplothecata, Preverastraea isseli, Preverastraea marinosi, Preverastraea robusta, Heterocoenia minuta (74811)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Georgia Acanthogyra paracolumnaris (85430)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Mexico Latusastrea sp. (234722)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5USA (Texas) Heterocoenia washitaensis (123322)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Mexico (Guerrero) Preverastraea coatlicuae (89854) Preverastraea coatlicuae, Preverastraea tocae (89855 89857)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Preverastraea isseli (94265)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9China (Xizang) Latusastraea xigazeensis (74280)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Pachycoenia sp. (74200)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Greece Preverastraea stellata, Canleria sp. 2, Canleria sp. 1, Confusaforma weyeri, Canleria clemens, Styloheterocoenia hellenensis, Styloheterocoenia brunni, Heterocoenia distans, Preverastraea infundibuliformis (203930) Styloheterocoenia sp. (203927)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain Heterocoenia provincialis, Heterocoenia sp. (23537)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Pachycoenia clemens, Confusaforma weyeri (74193)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Czechia Confusaforma weyeri (34737 35138)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany Heterocoenia sp. (160830)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Czechia Confusaforma weyeri, Canleria clemens (35144)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Italy (Benevento) Elasmocoenia indet. (162612)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Italy (Rome) Elasmocoenia indet. (162610)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Italy (Frosinone) Elasmocoenia indet. (162611)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Austria Heterocoenia erecta (27296)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Italy (Salerno) Elasmocoenia indet. (162619)
Middle Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Greece Latusastrea polygonalis (64253)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.2Georgia Heterocoenia fuchsi (91629)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Austria Heterocoenia provincalis (24265)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Hexasmilia ferryi (84709)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Spain Heterocoenia reussi (67610)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Armenia Heterocoenia exigua (86675)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Austria Heterocoenia grandis, Heterocoenia exigua, Heterocoenia verrucosa (74895)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Italy Elasmocoenia sp. (67594)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain Heterocoenia dendroides, Heterocoenia exigua, Heterocoenia verrucosa, Canleria clemens (67084)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Serbia Heterocoenia exigua (79226)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Bulgaria Pachycoenia corbariensis (67576)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Heterocoenia bacillaris (85271 85272 85273)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluna) Heterocoenia garumnica (88323)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Slovakia Scleractinia indet. (88184)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mexico (Baja California Sur) Heterocoenia sp. (5495)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Senegal (Thies) Bacillastraea senegalensis (76723)