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Diplocoenia stellata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae

Taxonomy
Actinocoenia stellata was named by Étallon (1859). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Convexastrea stellata by Geyer (1955); it was recombined as Diplocoenia stellata by Koby (1881), Morycowa (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Actinocoenia stellata Etallon
1859Actinocoenia stellata Étallon p. 472
1881Diplocoenia stellata Koby
1955Convexastrea stellata Geyer
1964Diplocoenia stellata Morycowa

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderAstrocoeniinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyAcroporidaeVerrill 1902
genusDiplocoeniaFromentel 1857
speciesstellata()

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.

Diplocoenia stellata Étallon 1859
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
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: 2008-01-26 10:22:56
Modified: 2008-01-26 12:22:56
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.21000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Tithonian161.5 - 143.1Russian Federation Diplocoenia stellata (213022)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Georgia Diplocoenia stellata (90018)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal Convexastrea stellata (68241)