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Paraplacocoenia rotula

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Astrea rotula was named by Goldfuss (1826). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Cryptocoenia rotula by d'Orbigny (1850); it was recombined as Orbicella rotula by Felix (1914); it was recombined as Montastrea rotula by Leloux (1999); it was recombined as Paraplacocoenia rotula by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Synonyms
  • Placocoenia orbignyana was named by Reuss (1854).

    It was recombined as Cyphastrea orbignyana by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1857); it was recombined as Paraplacocoenia orbignyana by Beauvais (1982); it was synonymized subjectively with Paraplacocoenia rotula by Baron-Szabo (2006).
  • Placocoenia dumortieri was named by de Fromentel (1879).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Paraplacocoenia rotula by Baron-Szabo (2006).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Astrea rotula Goldfuss
1850Cryptocoenia rotula d'Orbigny
1854Placocoenia orbignyana Reuss
1857Cyphastrea orbignyana Milne-Edwards and Haime
1879Placocoenia dumortieri de Fromentel
1914Orbicella rotula Felix
1982Paraplacocoenia orbignyana Beauvais
1999Montastrea rotula Leloux
2006Paraplacocoenia rotula Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPlacocoeniidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusParaplacocoeniaBeauvais 1982
speciesrotula(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

†Paraplacocoenia rotula Goldfuss 1826
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Invalid names: Placocoenia dumortieri de Fromentel 1879 [synonym], Placocoenia orbignyana Reuss 1854 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Danian or 89.80000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Serbia and Montenegro Placocoenia dumortieri (79221)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Spain Placocoenia dumortieri (67610)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany Placocoenia dumortieri (74484)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria (Styria) Paraplacocoenia orbignyana (25479)
Late/Upper Santonian - Campanian85.8 - 72.1Austria (Styria) Paraplacocoenia orbignyana (25480)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Serbia and Montenegro Placocoenia dumortieri (79226)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Bulgaria Phyllocoenia marticensis (67576) Placocoenia dumortieri (67575)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Paraplacocoenia orbignyana (12766) Placocoenia orbignyana (206412 206413 206414)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Oman Placocoenia orbignyana (206407)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Placocoenia orbignyana (67456)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Serbia and Montenegro Placocoenia dumortieri (79222)
Maastrichtian - Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Paraplacocoenia orbignyana (27646)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands (Limburg) Montastrea rotula (85268 85271 85272 85273)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Netherlands (Limburg) Montastrea rotula (85275)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Italy Placocoeniopsis katzi (24269)