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Periplacotrochus elegans

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Flabellidae

Taxonomy
Placotrochus elegans was named by Tenison-Woods (1878).

It was recombined as Periplacotrochus elegans by Cairns (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Placotrochus elegans Tenison-Woods
2017Periplacotrochus elegans Cairns

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyFlabellicaeBourne 1905
familyFlabellidaeBourne 1905
genusPeriplacotrochus
specieselegans(Tenison-Woods 1878)

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.

Periplacotrochus elegans Tenison-Woods 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available