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Platytrochus hastatus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Platytrochus hastatus was named by Dennant (1902). It is extant. Its type locality is Clifton Bank, Muddy Creek (Dennant collection), which is in a Langhian marine marl in the Port Campbell Limestone Formation of Australia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Platytrochus hastatus Dennant

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

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Platytrochus hastatus Dennant 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available