{"id":3005,"date":"2013-12-06T23:51:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-07T04:51:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=3005"},"modified":"2016-09-26T22:25:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T02:25:17","slug":"protarea","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/cnidaria\/anthozoa\/tabulata\/coccoserididae\/protarea\/","title":{"rendered":"Protarea<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum: Cnidaria<\/a>
\nClass: Anthozoa<\/a>
\nSubclass: Tabulata<\/a>
\nOrder: Heliolitida<\/a>
\nFamily: Coccoserididae<\/a>
\nGenus: Protarea<\/em> Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1851
\nCincinnatian Species: Protarea richmondensis<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nAlternate Spelling<\/strong>: Protaraea<\/em>
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Geologic Range<\/strong>
\nMiddle Ordovician – Late Ordovician <\/p>\n

Common Paleoecology<\/strong>
\nProtarea<\/em> is an extinct genus of stationary epifaunal suspension feeders which have been interpreted to have hosted symbiotic algae in their tissues<\/p>\n

Identification in Hand Sample<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  • Form as thin films or sheets, always encrusting another species of marine animal<\/li>\n
  • Corallites (skeletons of single coral polyp) are closely spaced and polygonal with shallow calices.<\/li>\n
  • Coenenchyme narrow to absent<\/li>\n
  • Number of septa is usually 12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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