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Heterocoenia exigua

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron exigue was named by Michelin (1846).

It was recombined as Heterocoenia exigua by Baron-Szabo (2003).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Lithodendron exigue Michelin
2003Heterocoenia exigua 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
speciesexigua(Michelin 1846)

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 exigua Michelin 1846
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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: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Campanian or 112.03000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Mexico Heterocoenia exigua (21254)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Austria Heterocoenia exigua (74895)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Serbia and Montenegro Heterocoenia exigua (79226)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Spain Heterocoenia exigua (67084)