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Lonsdalia inordinata

Anthozoa - Heliolitida - Coccoserididae

Taxonomy
Porites inordinata was named by Lonsdale (1839). Its type specimen is BGS GSC. 6921 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Heliolites inordinata by Nicholson and Etheridge (1880); it was recombined as Trochiscolithus inordinatus by Hill (1951); it was recombined as Lonsdalia inordinata by White and Yang (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Porites inordinata Lonsdale p. 687 figs. pl. 16 his, figs 12, 12a-c
1880Heliolites inordinata Nicholson and Etheridge p. 253
1951Trochiscolithus inordinatus Hill p. 20
2003Lonsdalia inordinata White and Yang p. 68 figs. Pl. 24, figs la-c; 2a-d; 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassTabulataMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
orderHeliolitidaFrech 1897
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyCoccoseridicaeKiaer 1899
familyCoccoserididaeKiaer 1899
genusLonsdaliad'Orbigny 1849
speciesinordinata(Lonsdale 1839)

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.

Lonsdalia inordinata Lonsdale 1839
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. E. White and S. Yang 2003Species of Lonsdalia with corallum of slender branches, 1·8-7·0 mm in diameter, and calices 0·9-1·3 mm in diameter.
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