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Avicenia

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Proheliolitidae

Taxonomy
Avicenia was named by Leleshus (1974) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Proheliolitidae by Hill (1981); and to Tabulata by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Avicenia Leleshus
1981Avicenia Hill
2002Avicenia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeliolitinaFrech 1897
superfamilyProporicaeSokolov 1949
familyProheliolitidaeKiaer 1899
genusAviceniaLeleshus 1974

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.

G. †Avicenia Leleshus 1974
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available