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Stylohelia coalescens

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Madrepora coalescens was named by Goldfuss (1826).

It was recombined as Dendrohelia coalescens by Geyer (1955); it was recombined as Stylina coalescens by Beauvais (1964); it was recombined as Stylohelia coalescens by Kiessling (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Madrepora coalescens Goldfuss
1955Dendrohelia coalescens Geyer
1964Stylina coalescens Beauvais
2008Stylohelia coalescens Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusStyloheliaFromentel 1861
speciescoalescens(Goldfuss 1826)

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.

Stylohelia coalescens Goldfuss 1826
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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: base of the Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Tithonian or 161.20000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France (Franche-Comte) Dendrohelia coalescens (93158) Stylina coalescens (93102)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Switzerland Dendrohelia coalescens (93151 93152)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Stylohelia coalescens (68075)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Dendrohelia coalescens (11084 11085)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany (Niedersachsen) Dendrohelia coalescens (31435)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Dendrohelia coalescens (36533)