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Trochocyathus balanophylloides

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Parasmilia balanophylloides was named by Boelsche (1870). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Trochocyathus balanophylloides by Squires (1958).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. affinis, T. gajensis, T. nummiformis, T. nummuliticus, T. rawsoni, T. durhami, T. elongatus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Parasmilia balanophylloides Boelsche
1958Trochocyathus balanophylloides Squires

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTrochocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
speciesbalanophylloides(Boelsche 1870)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available