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Saltocyathus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae

Taxonomy
Saltocyathus was named by Morycowa and Masse (1998). It is not extant. Its type is Saltocyathus urgonensis.

It was assigned to Rhipidogyridae by Morycowa and Masse (1998).

Species
Entered
by U. Merkel (authorized by W. Kiessling) on 2006-08-31; modified by U. Merkel on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Saltocyathus Morycowa and Masse p. 734

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
RankNameAuthor
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
suborderRhipidogyrina
familyRhipidogyridaeKoby 1905
genusSaltocyathus

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.

G. †Saltocyathus Morycowa and Masse 1998
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Saltocyathus cumburindioensis Filkorn and Pantoja-Alor 2009
Saltocyathus urgonensis Morycowa and Masse 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available