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Protoheterastrea leonhardi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae

Taxonomy
Hexastraea leonhardi was named by Volz (1896). It is the type species of Protoheterastrea.

It was recombined as Protoheterastrea leonhardi by Wells (1937).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Protoheterastrea leonhardi Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
familyProtoheterastraeidaeCuif 1977
genusProtoheterastreaWells 1937
speciesleonhardi(Volz 1896)

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: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Carnian or 235.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Hexastraea leonhardi (38160 38161 38166)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Protoheterastrea leonhardi (34691)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Slovenia Protoheterastrea leonhardi (36558)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Greece Protoheterastrea leonhardi (38018)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Slovakia Protoheterastrea leonhardi (31546)