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Enallohelia compressa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendrum compressum was named by Muenster (1829). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is Syntype; BSPG AS128, 1886, 1887, 1888, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Enallhelia.

It was recombined as Lithodendron compressum by Goldfuss (1829); it was recombined as Enallohelia compressa by de Fromentel (1861); it was recombined as Enallhelia compressa by D'Orbigny (1849), d'Orbigny (1850), Milne-Edwards (1857), Geyer (1954), Baron-Szabo (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Lithodendron compressum Goldfuss
1829Lithodendrum compressum Muenster p. 106 figs. pl. 37 fig. 11
1829Lithodendrum compressum Münster
1849Enallhelia compressa D'Orbigny p. 10
1850Enallhelia compressa d'Orbigny p. 385
1857Enallhelia compressa Milne-Edwards p. 123
1861Enallohelia compressa de Fromentel p. 129
1954Enallhelia compressa Geyer
2018Enallhelia compressa Baron-Szabo

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

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.

†Enallohelia compressa Muenster 1829
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Diagnosis
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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
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