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Platycyathus kawakamiensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Platycyathus kawakamiensis was named by Eguchi (1951). Its type locality is Sinegorsk (Kawakami colliery), which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine horizon in the Bykov Formation of the Russian Federation.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Platycyathus kawakamiensis Eguchi

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

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Diagnosis
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