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Paracaninia similis

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Plerophyllidae

Taxonomy
Pleramplexus similis was named by Schindewolf (1942).

It was recombined as Paracaninia similis by Flügel (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Pleramplexus similis Schindewolf
1954Pleramplexus similis Montanaro Gallitelli p. 47 figs. Pl 2, fig 3
1987Pleramplexus similis Zhao and Zhou p. 487 figs. Pl 1, figs 3a,b,7; text-fig 1
1989Paracaninia similis Flügel p. 103 figs. Pl 1, figs 1,2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderPlerophyllinaSokolov 1960
familyPlerophyllidaeKoker 1924
genusParacaniniaChi 1937
speciessimilis(Schindewolf 1942)

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.

Paracaninia similis Schindewolf 1942
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available