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Cryptocoenia octonaria

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae

Taxonomy
Pseudocoenia octonaria was named by d'Orbigny (1850).

It was recombined as Stylina octonaria by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851); it was recombined as Cryptocoenia octonaria by Koby (1881).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. dolfussi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Pseudocoenia octonaria d'Orbigny
1851Stylina octonaria Milne-Edwards and Haime
1881Cryptocoenia octonaria Koby

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyCyathophoridaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusCryptocoeniad'Orbigny 1849
speciesoctonaria(d'Orbigny 1850)

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.

†Cryptocoenia octonaria d'Orbigny 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yeso
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: 2008-02-10 05:54:51
Modified: 2008-02-10 07:54:51
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Alloiteau and Bernier 1969, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 161.20000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Bourgogne) Pseudocoenia octonaria (93114)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Russian Federation (Karachayevo-Cherkesiya) Cryptocoenia octonaria (89995)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.2 - 152.1Georgia Cryptocoenia octonaria (85934)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1France (Rhone-Alpes) Pseudocoenia octonaria (93270)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Azerbaijan Cryptocoenia octonaria (78469)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Pseudocoenia octonaria (68510)