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Leiopathes

Anthozoa - Antipatharia

Taxonomy
Leiopathes is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Antipatharia by Bayer et al. (1956), Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Leiopathes Bayer et al. p. F166
2002Leiopathes Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
Hexacorallia()
orderAntipatharia
genusLeiopathes

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: microcarnivorec
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 14:54:32
Modified: 2010-02-09 05:44:22
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available