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Holocystis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae

Taxonomy

Holocystis was named by Lonsdale (1850). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cyathophoridae by Baron-Szabo (2003), Löser (2010).

Species

H. bukowinensis, H. dupini (syn. Nowakocoenia cieszynica), H. elegans, H. nomikosi

Synonyms

Nowakocoenia was named by Kolodziej and Gedl (2000).

It was synonymized subjectively with Holocystis by Löser (2006).

It was assigned to Stylinina by Kolodziej and Gedl (2000).
Tetracoenia was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

It was synonymized subjectively with Holocystis by Löser (2006).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1850	Holocystis Lonsdale
1850	Tetracoenia d'Orbigny
2000	Nowakocoenia Kolodziej and Gedl
2003	Holocystis Baron-Szabo
2010	Holocystis Löser p. 596

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()

Rank	Name	Author
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900
suborder	Stylinina	Alloiteau 1952
family	Cyathophoridae	Vaughan and Wells 1943
genus	Holocystis	Lonsdale 1850

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. †Holocystis Lonsdale 1850

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†Holocystis bukowinensis Volz 1903

†Holocystis dupini d'Orbigny 1850

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Invalid names: Nowakocoenia cieszynica Kolodziej and Gedl 2000 [synonym]

†Holocystis elegans Lonsdale 1849

†Holocystis nomikosi Löser 2006

Invalid names: Nowakocoenia Kolodziej and Gedl 2000 [synonym], Tetracoenia d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Grouping:

colonialf

Clonal:

yeso

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:

2008-02-10 05:54:51

Modified:

2008-02-10 07:54:51

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Alloiteau and Bernier 1969, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 129.40000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian	130.0 - 125.45	Turkmenistan	H. bukowinensis (78700)
Late/Upper Barremian	130.0 - 125.45	France (Drôme)	H. dupini (177726)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian	130.0 - 122.46	Poland	Nowakocoenia cieszynica (85458)
Barremian	129.4 - 125.0	Turkmenistan	H. bukowinensis (91689)
Barremian	129.4 - 125.0	Poland	H. bucovinensis (64118) H. bukowinensis (67122 67123)
Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian	129.4 - 122.46	Serbia and Montenegro	H. bukowinensis (74793)
Aptian	125.0 - 113.0	Iran	H. bukowinensis (234261)
Aptian	125.0 - 113.0	United Kingdom (England)	H. elegans (1744 1836 1837)
Aptian - Early/Lower Albian	125.0 - 109.0	Spain	H. sp. (74894)
Late/Upper Aptian	122.46 - 113.0	Spain (Murcia)	H. dupini (154980 154981 154982 154983)
Late/Upper Aptian	122.46 - 113.0	Tanzania	H. nomikosi (85347)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian	122.46 - 109.0	Mexico (Sonora)	H. elegans (35101)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian	122.46 - 109.0	Greece	H. nomikosi (85459)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 122.46	United Kingdom (England)	H. elegans (235315)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 122.46	Spain	H. elegans (84552)
Early/Lower Aptian	121.4 - 122.46	Romania	H. bukowinensis (69201)