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Placocoenia heimi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Phyllocoenia heimi was named by Koby (1895).

It was recombined as Montastrea heimi by Baron-Szabo (2009); it was recombined as Placocoenia heimi by Baron-Szabo (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Phyllocoenia heimi Koby
2009Montastrea heimi Baron-Szabo
2018Placocoenia heimi Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPlacocoeniidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusPlacocoeniad'Orbigny 1849
speciesheimi(Koby 1895)

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.

Placocoenia heimi Koby 1895
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: Late/Upper Berriasian or 139.10000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Neocomian143.1 - 125.77Switzerland Phyllocoenia heimi (77005)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Switzerland Placocoenia heimi (192216)