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Pyrgocystis sulcata

Edrioasteroidea - Pyrgocystidae

Taxonomy
Scalpellum sulcatum was named by Aurivillius (1892).

It was recombined as Pyrgocystis sulcata by Aurivillius (1892).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Pyrgocystis sulcata Aurivillius

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classEdrioasteroideaBillings 1858
familyPyrgocystidaeKesling 1967
genusPyrgocystisBather 1915
speciessulcata(Aurivillius 1892)

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Pyrgocystis sulcata Aurivillius 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available