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Balanophyllia haleana

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae

Taxonomy
Eupsammia haleana was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848).

It was recombined as Balanophyllia haleana by Vaughan (1900).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Eupsammia haleana Milne-Edwards and Haime
1900Balanophyllia haleana Vaughan

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderDendrophylliinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyDendrophylliidaeGray 1847
genusBalanophylliaWood 1844
specieshaleana(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848)

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.

Balanophyllia haleana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-29 09:09:26
Modified: 2004-02-29 11:09:26
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Bartonian or 55.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Mississippi) Balanophyllia haleana (99666)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Balanophyllia haleana (80767 80776 80779 80785 89946 91542 91719 91868 92390 97454)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Alabama) Balanophyllia haleana (87834)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Balanophyllia haleana (2418)