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Euhelia gemmata

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Oculina gemmata was named by Michelin (1846). Its type specimen is lectotype MNHN.F.A66680, a skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Euhelia.

It was recombined as Enallhelia gemmata by d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Euhelia gemmata by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Oculina gemmata Michelin p. 228 figs. pl. 54 fig. 5
1850Enallhelia gemmata d'Orbigny p. 321
1857Euhelia gemmata Milne-Edwards and Haime p. 124

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
subfamilyEuheliinaeFromentel 1861
genusEuheliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850
speciesgemmata()

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.

Euhelia gemmata Michelin 1846
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
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: 2008-01-28 02:50:36
Modified: 2008-01-28 04:50:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available