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Ellipsocoenia conferta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Latomeandridae

Taxonomy
Orbicella conferta was named by Umbgrove (1925).

It was recombined as Montastrea conferta by Leloux (2002); it was recombined as Ellipsocoenia conferta by Baron-Szabo (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Orbicella conferta Umbgrove
2002Montastrea conferta Leloux
2008Ellipsocoenia conferta Baron-Szabo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderMicrosoleninaMorycowa and Roniewicz 1995
familyLatomeandridaeAlloiteau 1952
genusEllipsocoeniad'Orbigny 1850
speciesconferta(Umbgrove 1925)

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.

Ellipsocoenia conferta Umbgrove 1925
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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: yesf
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-01-28 06:50:30
Modified: 2008-01-28 08:50:30
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Barremian to the top of the Chattian or 130.00000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian130.0 - 125.45Georgia Ellipsocoenia conferta (67512)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Netherlands Montastrea conferta (138910)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Indonesia (Sulawesi) Favia conferta (26857)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Montastrea conferta (163836)