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Reussicoenia edwardsi

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Phyllocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Ulastraea edwardsi was named by Reuss (1854). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Heliastrea edwardsi by Milne-Edwards (1857); it was recombined as Orbicella edwardsi by Felix (1914); it was recombined as Reussicoenia edwardsi by Beauvais (1982).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Ulastraea edwardsi Reuss
1857Heliastrea edwardsi Milne-Edwards
1900Columnastraea phillipsiae Gregory
1914Orbicella edwardsi Felix
1982Reussicoenia edwardsi Beauvais

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyPhyllocoeniidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusReussicoeniaBeauvais 1982
speciesedwardsi(Reuss 1854)

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.

Reussicoenia edwardsi Reuss 1854
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Invalid names: Columnastraea phillipsiae Gregory 1900 [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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Paleocene or 83.60000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Serbia and Montenegro Reussicoenia edwardsi (79226)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0China (Xizang) Reussicoenia edwardsi (74286 74289 74291 126878)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Somalia Columnastraea phillipsiae (87396)