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Protoheterastrea trnovensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae

Taxonomy
Protoheterastrea trnovensis was named by Turnsek et al. (2003). Its type locality is Gozd, Trnovski Gozd Plateau, patch reef, which is in a Pliensbachian platform/shelf-margin reef reef rocks in Slovenia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Protoheterastrea trnovensis Turnsek et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
familyProtoheterastraeidaeCuif 1977
genusProtoheterastreaWells 1937
speciestrnovensis

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.

Protoheterastrea trnovensis Turnsek et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
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