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Cyathophora pulchella

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae

Taxonomy
Pentacoenia pulchella was named by d'Orbigny (1850). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Cyathophora pulchella by Baron-Szabo (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. parvula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Pentacoenia pulchella d'Orbigny
2021Cyathophora pulchella Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyCyathophoridaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusCyathophoraMichelin 1843
speciespulchella(d'Orbigny 1850)

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.

†Cyathophora pulchella d'Orbigny 1850
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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: Alloiteau and Bernier 1969, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Middle Albian or 129.40000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Georgia Pentacoenia pulchella (67512)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France Pentacoenia pulchella (64068)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Poland Pentacoenia pulchella (64118 67122 67123)
Barremian - Late/Upper Aptian129.4 - 113.0Poland Pentacoenia pulchella (64107)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian125.0 - 109.0Spain Pentacoenia pulchella (74893)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Germany Cyathophora pulchella (221477) Pentacoenia pulchella (50421)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Romania Pentacoenia pulchella (69201)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Poland Pentacoenia pulchella (69200)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Spain Pentacoenia pulchella (56934 56935)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Mexico Pentacoenia pulchella (21255)