Scleractinia taxon details

Pentacoenia elegantula d'Orbigny, 1850 †

1582862  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1582862)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Anthozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hexacorallia (Class)
  6. Scleractinia (Order)
  7. Solenocoeniidae † (Family)
  8. Pentacoenia † (Genus)
  9. Pentacoenia elegantula † (Species)
accepted
Species
Cryptocoenia (Pentacoenia) elegantula d'Orbigny, 1850 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Cryptocoenia (Pentacoenia) elegantula d'Orbigny, 1850 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 2</i>. 427 pp. Paris: Masson [November 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41091877 [details] 
Holotype  MNHN 5278  
Holotype MNHN 5278 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Pentacoenia elegantula d'Orbigny, 1850 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1582862 on 2025-09-11
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original description (of Cryptocoenia (Pentacoenia) elegantula d'Orbigny, 1850 †) Orbigny, A. D. d'. (1850). <i>Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés, faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques. Vol. 2</i>. 427 pp. Paris: Masson [November 1850]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41091877 [details] 

basis of record Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details] 

additional source Morycowa E. (1964). Hexacorallia des Couches de Grodziszcze (Néocomien, Carpathes). <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 9 (1): 3-114. [details] 

additional source Löser, H. (2021). Corals from the Early Cretaceous (?Late Valanginian – Aptian) of Puebla (Mexico): Family Solenocoeniidae. <em>Paleontología Mexicana.</em> 10(1): 37-51. [details] 
Holotype MNHN 5278 [details]

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