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Pseudopolytremacis japonica

Anthozoa - Helioporacea - Helioporidae

Taxonomy
Heliopora japonica was named by Eguchi (1948).

It was recombined as Pseudopolytremacis japonica by Tomás et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Heliopora japonica Eguchi
2008Pseudopolytremacis japonica Tomás et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderHelioporacea
familyHelioporidaeMoseley 1876
genusPseudopolytremacisMorycowa 1971
speciesjaponica(Eguchi 1948)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-11 07:06:57
Modified: 2007-10-11 09:06:57
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 125.77000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Pseudopolytremacis japonica (65198 65199 65200)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Spain Pseudopolytremacis japonica (82689 82690)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan (Iwate) Heliopora japonica (91282 91322 91323 91324 91325 91327 91328)