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Schizocyathus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Guyniidae

Taxonomy
Schizocyathus was named by Pourtales (1874). It is extant.

It was assigned to Guyniidae by Kuzmicheva (1987).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Schizocyathus Pourtales
1987Schizocyathus Kuzmicheva

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyFlabellicaeBourne 1905
familyGuyniidaeHickson 1910
genusSchizocyathusPourtales 1874

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.

G. Schizocyathus Pourtales 1874
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Schizocyathus fissilis Pourtales 1874
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available