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Opolestraea exporrecta

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Eckastraeidae

Taxonomy
Coelocoenia exporrecta was named by Weissermel (1925).

It was recombined as Opolestraea exporrecta by Morycowa (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Coelocoenia exporrecta Weissermel
2018Opolestraea exporrecta Morycowa

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
familyEckastraeidaeMorycowa 2006
genusOpolestraea
speciesexporrecta(Weissermel 1925)

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.

Opolestraea exporrecta Weissermel 1925
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
E. Morycowa 2018Corallum phaceloid, with corallites in places interconnected. Calices deep, round or slightly elongated with diameters of 4–6 mm and inner diameter, between stereozonal wall from 2.5 to 4.0 mm. Distances between corallite centres 5–7 mm. Radial elements, ca. 40 in number,
compact, fine, straight. Lateral faces with protruding granules, partly fused into pennula- or meniana-like forms. Thin pellicular wall rarely preserved. Endotheca vesicular, composed of large lateral dissepiments and smaller internal ones. Budding mainly intracalicular marginal without septal connections with the maternal form, division process rare.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Grouping: colonialo
Clonal: yeso
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-27 16:54:46
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:38:42
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Illyrian or 247.20000 to 242.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Poland Opolestraea exporrecta (34729)