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Platycyathus yezoensis

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Platycyathus yezoensis was named by Eguchi (1951). Its type locality is Yachiyo coal mine, Akkeshi, which is in a Coniacian/Santonian marine horizon in the Hobetsu Shale Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Platycyathus yezoensis 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
speciesyezoensis

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Platycyathus yezoensis Eguchi 1951
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available