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Heterocyathus priscus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Heterocyathus priscus was named by Stolarski et al. (2001). Its type locality is Le Gaty, Geraudot, which is in an Albian deep subtidal marl in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Heterocyathus priscus Stolarski et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusHeterocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciespriscus

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Heterocyathus priscus Stolarski et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
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