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Heterocoenia minuta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Heterocoenia minima was named by Morycowa (1971). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Valea Izvorul Alb, Rarau area, NE Romania, which is in an Aptian shallow subtidal marl in Romania.

It was corrected as Heterocoenia minuta by Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Heterocoenia minima Morycowa
2002Heterocoenia minuta Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeterocoeniinaBeauvais 1977
familyHeterocoeniidaeOppenheim 1930
genusHeterocoeniaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesminuta(Morycowa 1971)

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 minuta Morycowa 1971
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Diagnosis
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