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Psammohelia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Psammohelia was named by Fromentel (1861) [Sepkoski's age data: J u K Turo Sepkoski's reference number: 826,845]. Its type is Psammohelia gibbosa.

It was assigned to Stylininae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Psammohelia Fromentel
1956Psammohelia Wells
2002Psammohelia Sepkoski
2002Pseudoheliastraea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
subfamilyStylininaed'Orbigny 1851
genusPsammoheliaFromentel 1861

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. †Psammohelia Fromentel 1861
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Psammohelia aspera de Fromentel 1861
Psammohelia dendroidea de Fromentel 1861
Psammohelia gibbosa de Fromentel 1861
Psammohelia jaccardi Koby 1895
Psammohelia pluricostata Dietrich 1926
Psammohelia sequana de Fromentel 1861
Invalid names: Pseudoheliastraea [synonym]
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 10:50:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 161.50000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France (Franche-Comte) P. dendroidea, P. gibbosa, P. aspera (93102) P. gibbosa (93184)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Jamaica (Saint Catherine) Stylina picteti (89647)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France Placocoenia sp. (65199)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Switzerland Stylohelia jaccardi (76998)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Tanzania Stylohelia pluricostata (85357)