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Heterocoenia gracilis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Bacillastraea gracilis was named by Quenstedt (1881). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Heterocoenia gracilis by Baron-Szabo (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Bacillastraea gracilis Quenstedt
2006Heterocoenia gracilis Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeterocoeniinaBeauvais 1977
familyHeterocoeniidaeOppenheim 1930
genusHeterocoeniaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesgracilis(Quenstedt 1881)

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.

Heterocoenia gracilis Quenstedt 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-16 12:54:00
Modified: 2008-02-16 14:54:00
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: Thanetian or 59.20000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Slovakia Scleractinia indet. (88184)