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Stylina sucrensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylinidae

Taxonomy

Stylina sucrensis was named by Wells (1944). Its type locality is Las Cinco Ceibas, which is in an Aptian/Albian perireef or subreef limestone in the Barranquin Formation of Venezuela.

It was synonymized subjectively with Stylina inwaldensis by Löser et al. (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. bullata, S. magnifica, S. fukawazaensis, S. somaensis, S. shinkaiensis

Synonyms

Diplocoenia inwaldensis was named by Ogilvie (1897). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Stylina foliosa by Löser et al. (2013).
Stylina milleporacea was named by Ogilvie (1897).

It was synonymized subjectively with Stylina sucrensis by Löser et al. (2013).
Stylina foliosa was named by Ogilvie (1897).

It was synonymized subjectively with Stylina milleporacea by Löser et al. (2013).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1897	Diplocoenia inwaldensis Ogilvie
1897	Stylina foliosa Ogilvie
1897	Stylina milleporacea Ogilvie
1944	Stylina sucrensis Wells

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
phylum	Cnidaria	Hatschek 1888
class	Anthozoa	Ehrenberg 1834
—	Hexacorallia	()
order	Scleractinia	Bourne 1900

Rank	Name	Author
suborder	Stylinina	Alloiteau 1952
family	Stylinidae	d'Orbigny 1851
genus	Stylina	Lamarck 1816
species	sucrensis

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.

†Stylina sucrensis Wells 1944

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Invalid names: Stylina milleporacea Ogilvie 1897 [synonym]

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 Early/Lower Albian or 161.20000 to 109.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oxfordian	161.2 - 155.7	Azerbaijan	Diplocoenia inwaldensis (78444 78446)
Late/Upper Tithonian	150.8 - 145.0	Czech Republic	Stylina milleporacea (36538 36539) Stylina milleporacea, Stylina foliosa (36533)
Late/Upper Tithonian - Early/Lower Berriasian	150.8 - 140.2	Spain (Valencia)	Stylina milleporacea (87799)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian	122.46 - 109.0	Venezuela (State of Sucre)	Stylina sucrensis (type locality: 78595)