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Petalaxis taishakuensis

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Petalaxidae

Taxonomy
Lithostrotionella taishakuensis was named by Yokoyama (1957).

It was recombined as Petalaxis taishakuensis by Sando (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Lithostrotionella taishakuensis Yokoyama p. 78 figs. pl. 10, figs. 1-4
1983Petalaxis taishakuensis Sando p. 29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
familyPetalaxidaeFomichev 1953
genusPetalaxisMilne-Edwards and Haime 1852
speciestaishakuensis(Yokoyama 1957)

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.

Petalaxis taishakuensis Yokoyama 1957
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. J. Sando 1983Petalaxis with corallite diameter 3 to 4 mm and 13 to 15 major septa that ordinarily are short and do not extend to the columella and seldom extend in-to the dissepimentarium. Minor septa well developed. Columella· a simple axial plate connected to the counter septum and joined by 2 or 3 other major septa. Dissepi.mentarium composed of 1 to 2 rows of inflated dissepiments of varying sizes. Tabulae complete and incomplete, essentially horizontal, and irregularly spaced 0.25 to 1 mm apart. Ratio of tabularium width to cor-allite diameter about 0.6 to 0. 7. Mode of increase unknown.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-27 16:55:09
Modified: 2004-02-28 16:53:57
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available