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Acanthocoenia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy
Acanthocoenia was named by D'Orbigny (1850). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Stylina by Wells (1956).

It was assigned to Stylinidae by Löser and Raeder (1995).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Acanthocoenia D'Orbigny
1995Acanthocoenia Löser and Raeder p. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderStylininaAlloiteau 1952
familyStylinidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusAcanthocoeniaD'Orbigny 1850

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. †Acanthocoenia D'Orbigny 1850
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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 Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Aptian or 125.00000 to 122.46000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Aptian125.45 - 122.46Mexico A. neocomiensis (160724)
Early/Lower Aptian125.45 - 122.46Greece A. sp., A. neocomiensis (60375)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Mexico A. neocomiensis (160722)