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Neocoenia lepida

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Astrea lepida was named by Reuss (1854). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Phyllocoenia lepida by Felix (1903); it was recombined as Orbicella lepida by Milovanovic (1939); it was recombined as Neocoeniopsis lepida by Beauvais (1982); it was recombined as Neocoenia lepida by Turnsek and Polsak (1978) and Baron-Szabo (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Astrea lepida Reuss
1903Phyllocoenia lepida Felix
1939Orbicella lepida Milovanovic
1978Neocoenia lepida Turnsek and Polsak
1982Neocoeniopsis lepida Beauvais
1997Neocoenia lepida Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPlacocoeniidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusNeocoeniaHackemesser 1936
specieslepida(Reuss 1854)

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.

†Neocoenia lepida Reuss 1854
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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: base of the Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 86.30000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0Iran (Semirom) Neocoenia lepida (233113)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Georgia Phyllocoenia lepida (91628)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Austria Neocoenia lepida (24265 24266)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Slovakia Orbicella lepida (88191)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Croatia Neocoenia lepida (11410)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Serbia and Montenegro Neocoeniopsis lepida (79226)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Neocoenia lepida (12766 206410)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman Neocoenia lepida (67454 206411)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Neocoenia lepida (67456)