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Polythecalis confluens

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Waagenophyllidae

Taxonomy
Polythecalis confluens was named by Yabe and Hayasaka (1916). It is the type species of Polythecalis.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. guiensis, P. mapingensis, P. variformis, P. wengganensis, P. yangtzeensis, P. yishanensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Polythecalis confluens Yabe and Hayasaka
1965Polythecalis confluens Minato and Kato p. 223

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
RankNameAuthor
suborderLonsdaleiinaSpasskiy 1974
familyWaagenophyllidaeWang 1950
subfamilyWentzellophyllinae
genusPolythecalisYabe and Hayasaka 1916
speciesconfluensYabe and Hayasaka 1916

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.

†Polythecalis confluens Yabe and Hayasaka 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available