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Australocyathus vincentinus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae

Taxonomy
Deltocyathus vincentinus was named by Dennant (1904). It is extant. It is the type species of Australocyathus.

It was recombined as Australocyathus vincentinus by Cairns and Parker (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Deltocyathus vincentinus Dennant p. 6 figs. Pl. 2, Fig. 1
1992Australocyathus vincentinus Cairns and Parker pp. 38-39 figs. 12-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophyllioideaVaughan and Wells 1943
familyTurbinoliidaeMilne-Edwards and Haime 1857
genusAustralocyathusCairns and Parker 1992
speciesvincentinus(Dennant 1904)

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Grouping: solitaryg
Clonal: yesg
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivoreg
Vision: blindg
Reproduction: alternatingg
Asexual: yesg
Dispersal: waterg
Dispersal 2: planktonicg
Created: 2014-06-16 09:55:31
Modified: 2014-06-16 09:55:31
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003
Collections
No collection or age range data are available