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Enallhelia elegans

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Lithodendron elegans was named by Münster (1829).

It was recombined as Enallhelia elegans by Pandey and Fürsich (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Lithodendron elegans Münster
2005Enallhelia elegans Pandey and Fürsich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
subfamilyEuheliinaeFromentel 1861
genusEnallheliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
specieselegans(Münster 1829)

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.

Enallhelia elegans Münster 1829
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 02:50:36
Modified: 2008-01-28 04:50:36
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 166.10000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tunisia (Taţāwīn) Enallhelia elegans (83349)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia (South Ossetia) Enallhelia elegans (90002)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.2 - 150.8Portugal Enallhelia elegans (68590)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Enallhelia elegans (68817)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Enallhelia elegans (31547 31549)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Enallhelia elegans (23904 34398)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Enallhelia elegans (36533)