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Placocoenia macrophthalma

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Astrea macrophthalma was named by Goldfuss (1826). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Placocoenia macrophthalma by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Astrea macrophthalma Goldfuss
2006Placocoenia macrophthalma Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPlacocoeniidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusPlacocoeniad'Orbigny 1849
speciesmacrophthalma(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.

Placocoenia macrophthalma Goldfuss 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Placocoenia macrophthalma (85271 85272 85273 138726)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Netherlands Placocoenia macrophthalma (138910)