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Radicipes pleurocristatus

Anthozoa - Alcyonacea - Chrysogorgiidae

Taxonomy
Radicipes pleurocristatus was named by Stearns (1883). It is the type species of Radicipes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Radicipes pleurocristatus Stearns
2022Radicipes pleurocristatus Goedert et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
orderAlcyonaceaLamouroux 1816
RankNameAuthor
suborderCalcaxoniaGrasshoff 1999
familyChrysogorgiidaeVerrill 1883
genusRadicipesStearns 1883
speciespleurocristatusStearns 1883

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.

Radicipes pleurocristatus Stearns 1883
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-11 22:04:14
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:36:48
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004
Collections
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