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Heterophyllia (Heterophyllia) grandis

Anthozoa - Heterocorallia - Heterophylliidae

Taxonomy
Heterophyllia grandis was named by McCoy (1849). It is the type species of Heterophyllia, Heterophyllia (Heterophyllia).

It was recombined as Heterophyllia (Heterophyllia) grandis by Hill (1981).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. granulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Heterophyllia grandis McCoy
1981Heterophyllia (Heterophyllia) grandis Hill p. F424

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
orderHeterocoralliaSchindewolf 1941
RankNameAuthor
familyHeterophylliidaeDybowski 1873
genusHeterophylliaMcCoy 1849
subgenusHeterophylliaSchindewolf 1941
speciesgrandis(McCoy 1849)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Grouping: solitaryo
Clonal: yeso
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Epibiont: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 10:59:59
Modified: 2009-04-13 12:59:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available