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Palaeocyclus porpita

Anthozoa - Cystiphyllida - Palaeocyclidae

Taxonomy
Porpites porpita was named by Linnaeus (1767).

It was recombined as Palaeocyclus porpita by Merriam (1973).

Subspecies
P. mcallisteri
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. eurylophus, P. kokeni, P. porpitus, P. porppita, P. ratuloides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1767Porpites porpita Linnaeus p. 1272
1973Palaeocyclus porpita Merriam p. 39

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderCystiphyllidaNicholson 1889
familyPalaeocyclidaeDybowski 1873
genusPalaeocyclusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
speciesporpita(Linnaeus 1767)

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.

†Palaeocyclus porpita Linnaeus 1767
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available