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Heliocoenia decora

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Heliocoenia decora was named by Eliasova (1981). Its type locality is Stramberk reef, Czechia, which is in a Tithonian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Stramberk Limestone Formation of the Czech Republic.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. decasepta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Heliocoenia decora Eliasova

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

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 decora Eliasova 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available