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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

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

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Heliocoenia decora Eliasova 1981
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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: Late/Upper Tithonian or 150.80000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Czech Republic Heliocoenia decora (62220 68783)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Heliocoenia decora (type locality: 36533)
Middle Tithonian - Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Heliocoenia decora (31283)