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Oculina becki

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Taxonomy
Amfihelia becki was named by Nielsen (1922). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Oculina becki by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Amfihelia becki Nielsen
2006Oculina becki Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyOculinidaeGray 1847
genusOculinaGray 1847
speciesbecki(Nielsen 1922)

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.

Oculina becki Nielsen 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Architecture: compact or denseg
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:26:25
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:26:25
Source: g = genus, f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Kiessling 2004, Wells 1956

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Thanetian or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Oculina becki (34629 226845 226846 226856 226859 226861 226867 226868)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Oculina becki (22943 69604 69605)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Greenland Oculina becki (22944 22945 69608)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovenia (Slovenia) Oculina becki (80825)