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Trochocyathus crassus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Paratrochocyathus crassus was named by Alloiteau (1958). Its type locality is Ambarimaninga, which is in an Albian offshore marl in the Ambarimaninga Formation of Madagascar.

It was recombined as Trochocyathus crassus by Kiessling (2014).

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
1958Paratrochocyathus crassus Alloiteau
2014Trochocyathus crassus Kiessling

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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
speciescrassus()

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.

†Trochocyathus crassus Alloiteau 1958
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available