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Heliastrea oligophylla

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heliastraeidae

Taxonomy
Heliastrea oligophylla was named by Reuss (1871).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Heliastrea oligophylla Reuss

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyHeliastraeidaeAlloiteau 1952
genusHeliastreaMilne Edwards and Haime 1857
speciesoligophyllaReuss 1871

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.

Heliastrea oligophylla Reuss 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialsubo
Clonal: yessubo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticsubo
Diet 2: suspension feedersubo
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-21 04:32:59
Modified: 2008-02-21 06:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Spain Heliastrea oligophylla (70411 70412 70413 70414 70415 70416)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France Heliastrea oligophylla (70318 70319 70410)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Portugal Heliastrea oligophylla (92099)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Heliastrea oligophylla (60744 60745 60746 60773 60774 60775)