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Spermacystis

Stylophora - Mitrata

Taxonomy
Spermacystis is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Mitrata by Beaver et al. (1967) and Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Spermacystis Beaver et al. p. S564
2002Spermacystis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
RankNameAuthor
phylumEchinodermata
classStylophoraGill and Caster 1960
orderMitrataJaekel 1918
genusSpermacystis

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: high Mg calcitep
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: passively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 12:03:51
Modified: 2004-02-29 14:06:05
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
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