Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Belongs to Paracyathus according to Gregory 1930
Sister taxa: Paracyathus adetos, Paracyathus alternatus, Paracyathus bastropensis, Paracyathus bellus, Paracyathus crassus, Paracyathus cylindricus, Paracyathus granulosus, Paracyathus henekeni, Paracyathus incrustans, Paracyathus nannodes, Paracyathus pedroensis, Paracyathus peruvianus, Paracyathus procumbens, Paracyathus ravni, Paracyathus rugosus, Paracyathus sinuosus, Paracyathus stearnsii, Paracyathus tasmanicus, Paracyathus taurinensis, Paracyathus turonensis, Paracyathus vaughani, Paracyathus vaughani
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Berbera-Sheikh area (Paleocene of Somalia)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.