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Astrangia (Coenangia)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae

Taxonomy
Coenangia was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Astrangia (Coenangia) by Vaughan (1904).

It was assigned to Astrangia by Vaughan (1904); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Astrangia (Coenangia) Vaughan p. 442
2002Coenangia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyRhizangiidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusAstrangiaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
subgenusCoenangia

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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Coenangia polygonalis Umbgrove 1950
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-06 03:08:01
Modified: 2008-02-06 11:08:01
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2008, Wells 1956, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 100.50000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) Astrangia lamarensis (123575)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia Coenangia polygonalis (42739)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Astrangia conferta (89601)
Castlecliffian1.63 - 0.34New Zealand Astrangia sp. (89043)