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Heterocoenia minuta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Heterocoenia minima was named by Morycowa (1971). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Valea Izvorul Alb, Rarau area, NE Romania, which is in an Aptian shallow subtidal marl in Romania.

It was corrected as Heterocoenia minuta by Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Heterocoenia minima Morycowa
2002Heterocoenia minuta Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderHeterocoeniinaBeauvais 1977
familyHeterocoeniidaeOppenheim 1930
genusHeterocoeniaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesminuta(Morycowa 1971)

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.

Heterocoenia minuta Morycowa 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-16 12:54:00
Modified: 2008-02-16 14:54:00
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the to the top of the Albian or 122.46000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Romania Heterocoenia minima (type locality: 69201)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greece Heterocoenia minuta (74811)