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Arachnophyllum kayi
Taxonomy
Arachnophyllum kayi was named by Merriam (1973). Its type specimen is USNM 159392 and is a 3D body fossil.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1973 | Arachnophyllum kayi Merriam p. 43 figs. Plate 5, figures 7, 8 |
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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.
†Arachnophyllum kayi Merriam 1973
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. W. Merriam 1973 | Corallites small for the genus, with no lonsdaleioid dissepiments; septa thin, continuous into adjacent corallites, with numerous angulation carinae increasing in complexity toward the axis. Dissepiments mostly small; tabularium poorly differentiated. |
Measurements
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| Reference: Kiessling 2004 | |||||