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Catenipora gracilis

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Halysitidae

Taxonomy
Halysites gracilis was named by Hall in Foster and Whitney (1851).

It was recombined as Catenipora gracilis by Buehler (1955).

Subspecies
C. borealis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. anikeevi, C. gothlandica, C. jacovikii, C. perforata, C. robustus, C. rubra, C. simplex, C. stearni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Halysites gracilis Hall in Foster and Whitney p. 202
1955Catenipora gracilis Buehler pp. 36 - 37 figs. Plate 4, fig. 7; Plate 5, fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHalysitinaSokolov 1947
familyHalysitidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
subfamilyCateniporinaeHamada 1957
genusCateniporaLamarck 1816
speciesgracilis(Hall in Foster and Whitney 1851)

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.

†Catenipora gracilis Hall in Foster and Whitney 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitesubc
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: photosymbioticsubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:11
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:41
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Edenian to the top of the Richmondian or 451.00000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician - Late/Upper Ordovician471.3 - 443.1Canada (Nunavut) Halysites gracilis (24229)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Catenipora gracilis (79492)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Halysites gracilis (24116)
Katian452.8 - 445.2Canada (Quebec) Halysites gracilis (185487)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Halysites gracilis (24225)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) Halysites gracilis (26333)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Catenipora gracilis (79494 79497)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Northwest Territories) Halysites gracilis (26346)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Michigan) Halysites gracilis (26331)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Russian Federation (Chukotka) Catenipora gracilis (80675)