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Trochocyathus paliscus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Tethocyathus paliscus was named by Squires (1962). Its type locality is N 28, GS 1189 Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara, which is in an Altonian coastal limestone/siliciclastic in the Pakaurangi Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Trochocyathus paliscus by Baron-Szabo (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. affinis, T. gajensis, T. nummiformis, T. nummuliticus, T. rawsoni, T. durhami, T. elongatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Tethocyathus paliscus Squires
2009Trochocyathus paliscus Baron-Szabo

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

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.

†Trochocyathus paliscus Squires 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available