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Enallhelia gracilis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Enallhelia gracilis was named by d'Orbigny (1850). Its type specimen is lectotype MNHN.F.B14283, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Cladophyllia gracilis by Löser (2010), Kiessling (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Enallhelia gracilis Orbigny
1850Enallhelia gracilis d'Orbigny p. 91 figs. Pl 2, fig 15
2010Cladophyllia gracilis Löser p. 600 fig. 4.2
2014Cladophyllia gracilis Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
subfamilyEuheliinaeFromentel 1861
genusEnallheliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
speciesgracilis

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.

Enallhelia gracilis d'Orbigny 1850
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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: 2008-01-28 02:50:36
Modified: 2008-01-28 04:50:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available