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Elasmocoenia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae

Taxonomy
Elasmocoenia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1851) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno T Eo].

It was assigned to Stylininae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Heterocoeniidae by Kiessling (2014).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Elasmocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Elasmocoenia Wells
1997Latusastraeopsis Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni
2002Latusastraeopsis Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni
2002Elasmocoenia Sepkoski
2014Elasmocoenia Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderHeterocoeniinaBeauvais 1977
familyHeterocoeniidaeOppenheim 1930
genusElasmocoeniaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1851

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.

G. †Elasmocoenia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
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Elasmocoenia mitzopoulosi Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 1997
Elasmocoenia rubrolineata Löser et al. 2009
Invalid names: Latusastraeopsis Morycowa and Marcopoulou-Diacantoni 1997 [synonym]
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 2008, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Santonian or 132.90000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Jamaica (Saint Catherine) Latusastrea rubrolineata (89647)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Mexico (Michoacan) Latusastrea alveolaris (89846)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Greece Latusastraeopsis mitzopoulosi (74811)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Italy (Rome) Elasmocoenia indet. (162610)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Italy (Salerno) Elasmocoenia indet. (162619)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Italy (Frosinone) Elasmocoenia indet. (162611)
Late/Upper Turonian - Coniacian93.5 - 86.3Italy (Benevento) Elasmocoenia indet. (162612)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Italy E. sp. (67594)