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Petalaxis donbassica

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae

Taxonomy
Lithostrotionella donbassica was named by Fomichev (1939).

It was recombined as Petalaxis donbassica by Sando (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Lithostrotionella donbassica Fomichev p. 60 figs. pl. 9, figs. 4a, b
1983Petalaxis donbassica Sando pp. 27 - 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
familyPetalaxidaeFomichev 1953
genusPetalaxisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1852
speciesdonbassica(Fomichev 1939)

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.

Petalaxis donbassica Fomichev 1939
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. J. Sando 1983Petalaxis with corallite diameter 5 to 7 mm and 14 to 17 major septa that approach the col-umella but seldom reach it and commonly extend into the dissepimelitarium. Minor septa well developed. Col-umella a strongly thickened axial plate ordinarily con-nected to the counter septum. Dissepimentarium com-. posed of 1 to 2 rows of inflated dissepiments of varying sizes. Tabulae ordinarily complete, horizontal, irregular-ly spaced 0.25 to 0.5 mm apart. Ratio of tabularium width to corallite diameter 0.5 to 0.6. Mode of increase unknown.
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