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Pentacoenia elegantula

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae

Taxonomy
Pentacoenia elegantula was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Pentacoenia elegantula d'Orbigny
2010Pentacoenia elegantula Löser p. 598 fig. 3.11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyCyathophoridaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusPentacoeniad'Orbigny 1850
specieselegantulad'Orbigny 1850

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.

Pentacoenia elegantula d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-10 05:54:51
Modified: 2008-02-10 07:54:51
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Alloiteau and Bernier 1969, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.77000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Poland Pentacoenia elegantula (67122 67123)
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Georgia Pentacoenia elegantula (67512)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Drôme) Pentacoenia elegantula (177726)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Greece Pentacoenia elegantula (34719)