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Latusastrea exiguis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Pleurocoenia exiguis was named by Fromentel (1862). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Latusastrea exiguis by Morycowa (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Pleurocoenia exiguis Fromentel
1971Latusastrea exiguis Morycowa

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeterocoeniinaBeauvais 1977
familyHeterocoeniidaeOppenheim 1930
genusLatusastrea
speciesexiguis(Fromentel 1862)

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 exiguis Fromentel 1862
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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 Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 139.10000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian - Early/Lower Valanginian139.1 - 132.6Spain Latusastrea exiguis (69144)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Georgia Latusastrea exiguis (89961)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Poland Latusastrea exiguis (67122 67123 67124)
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Slovenia Latusastrea exiguis (68728)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Romania Latusastrea exiguis (69201)