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Heliocoenia sparsa

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Stylina sparsa was named by Trautschold (1886).

It was recombined as Heliocoenia sparsa by Sikharulidze (1985).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Stylina sparsa Trautschold
1985Heliocoenia sparsa Sikharulidze

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
subfamilyStylininaed'Orbigny 1851
genusHeliocoeniaEtallon 1859
speciessparsa(Trautschold 1886)

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.

Heliocoenia sparsa Trautschold 1886
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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 Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Early/Lower Hauterivian or 145.00000 to 130.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Austria Stylina sparsa (192213)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Ukraine Stylina sparsa (77074)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Georgia Heliocoenia sparsa (67511)