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Diplhelia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae

Taxonomy
Diplhelia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850).

It was assigned to Oculininae by Wells (1956).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Diplhelia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1857Diplohelia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Diplhelia Wells
2002Diplohelia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyOculinidaeGray 1847
subfamilyOculininaeGray 1847
genusDiplheliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 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. †Diplhelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Diplhelia complanata Gerth 1923
Diplhelia moravica Quenstedt 1881
Diplhelia quenstedti Chevalier 1961
Invalid names: Diplohelia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1857 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-12-22 01:24:35
Modified: 2008-12-22 03:24:35
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Wells 1956, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Messinian or 27.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Diplohelia moravica (163836)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Indonesia (Java) Diplohelia malayica (62860)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia Diplohelia malayica (155986)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Diplohelia reflexa (163838)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Diplohelia michelottii, Diplohelia compressa, Diplohelia moravica, Diplohelia quenstedti (70450)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia Diplohelia moravica (88803)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Diplohelia complanata (109047)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333France Diplohelia parvistella (163847)