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Cryptocoenia castellum

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae

Taxonomy
Astrea castellum was named by Michelin (1844). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Adelocoenia.

It was recombined as Stylina castellum by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857); it was recombined as Cryptocoenia castellum by Koby (1881); it was recombined as Adelocoenia castellum by D'Orbigny (1849), Orbigny (1850), Lathuilière et al. (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. dolfussi, C. explanata, C. gregoryi, C. insueta, C. kiliani, C. picteti, C. suboctonis, C. waltoni

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Astrea castellum Michelin
1849Adelocoenia castellum D'Orbigny p. 7
1850Adelocoenia castellum Orbigny
1850Pseudocoenia digitata Orbigny
1850Pseudocoenia suboctonis d'Orbigny
1850Pseudocoenia digitata d'Orbigny p. 34
1850Pseudocoenia suboctonis d'Orbigny p. 34
1857Stylina suboctononaria Milne-Edwards p. 248
1857Stylina castellum Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 243
1864Stylina waldeckensis Etallon
1864Stylina waldeckensis Etallon and Thurmann pp. p. 372 figs. pl. 52 fig. 7
1881Cryptocoenia castellum Koby
1889Convexastraea schardti Koby
1913Cryptocoenia boehmi Pratz
1948Adelocoenia heberti Alloiteau
2020Adelocoenia castellum Lathuilière et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyCyathophoridaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusCryptocoeniad'Orbigny 1849
speciescastellum()

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.

†Cryptocoenia castellum Michelin 1844
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Invalid names: Adelocoenia heberti Alloiteau 1948 [synonym], Convexastraea schardti Koby 1889 [synonym], Cryptocoenia boehmi Pratz 1913 [synonym], Pseudocoenia digitata d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym], Pseudocoenia suboctonis d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym], Stylina waldeckensis Etallon and Thurmann 1864 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Alloiteau and Bernier 1969

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 157.90000 to 119.57000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Czechia Pseudocoenia suboctonis (61227)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Germany Pseudocoenia suboctonis (31433)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Switzerland Adelocoenia heberti (93098)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Bourgogne) Adelocoenia heberti (93114)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Azerbaijan Cryptocoenia castellum (78421)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Germany (Lower Saxony) Pseudocoenia suboctonis (23910)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Pseudocoenia suboctonis (68366 68372)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Portugal Pseudocoenia suboctonis (68590 68610)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21Georgia Cryptocoenia castellum (85931)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian157.9 - 149.2Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) Cryptocoenia castellum (89995)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Spain Pseudocoenia suboctonis (34611)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Poland Pseudocoenia suboctonis (68369 68370)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal Pseudocoenia suboctonis (34662 34663 68585 68594)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Russian Federation (Severnaya Osetiya-Alaniya) Cryptocoenia castellum (89994)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Bulgaria (Pernik) Pseudocoenia suboctonis (87062)
Late/Upper Tithonian145.06 - 143.1Czechia Stylina waldeckensis (36533)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian125.77 - 119.57Serbia Pseudocoenia suboctonis (74799)