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Cryptocoenia almerai

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae

Taxonomy
Convexastraea almerai was named by d'Angelis d'Ossat (1905).

It was recombined as Cryptocoenia almerai by Löser (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Convexastraea almerai d'Angelis d'Ossat
2010Cryptocoenia almerai Löser p. 590 fig. 3.3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyCyathophoridaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusCryptocoeniad'Orbigny 1849
speciesalmerai(d'Angelis d'Ossat 1905)

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 almerai d'Angelis d'Ossat 1905
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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: Late/Upper Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Drôme) Cryptocoenia almerai (177726)