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Goniopora elegans

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae

Taxonomy
Porites elegans was named by Leymerie (1846).

It was recombined as Dictyaraea elegans by Reuss (1868); it was recombined as Goniaraea elegans by Felix (1884); it was recombined as Goniopora elegans by Kuzmicheva (1987).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Porites elegans Leymerie
1868Dictyaraea elegans Reuss
1880Porites superposita Duncan
1884Goniaraea elegans Felix
1941Goniopora nomlandi Wells p. 311
1987Goniopora elegans Kuzmicheva
2005Goniopora nomlandi López-Pérez p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFungiinaVerrill 1865
superfamilyPoriticaeGray 1842
familyPoritidae
genusGonioporaBlainville 1830
specieselegans(Leymerie 1846)

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.

†Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846
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Invalid names: Goniopora nomlandi Wells 1941 [synonym], Porites superposita Duncan 1880 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
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: 2008-02-04 11:33:30
Modified: 2008-02-04 13:33:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Turonian to the top of the Burdigalian or 93.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Iran (Semirom) Goniopora elegans (233113)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7Austria Goniopora elegans (27296)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman Favites tenuiseptata (67009) Goniopora elegans (206408)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Ukraine (Cherkaska) Goniopora elegans (77069)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Italy Goniopora elegans (24269)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0Pakistan (Sind) Porites superposita (11289)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Slovenia (Slovenia) Goniopora elegans (80825)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Türkiye Goniopora elegans (155376)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Spain Goniaraea elegans (71633)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Dictyaraea elegans (75454)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Peru (Piura) Goniopora nomlandi (86942)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Goniaraea elegans (34480 34481 34482)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy (Veneto) Dictyaraea elegans (91634 91645 91646 91647 91653 91657)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3France (Aquitaine) Dictyaraea elegans (92231)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Spain Goniaraea elegans (92083)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt Goniopora elegans (124239)