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Cysticyathus

Anthozoa

Taxonomy
Cysticyathus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Anthozoa by Kruse et al. (1995); and to Porifera by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Cysticyathus Kruse et al.
2002Cysticyathus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
RankNameAuthor
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
genusCysticyathus

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: "calcite"g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Grouping: solitaryg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: microcarnivorec
Vision: blindg
Created: 2010-08-05 02:43:19
Modified: 2010-08-05 04:43:19
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kruse et al. 1995, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Tommotian or 525.50000 to 521.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) C. tunicatus (80794 80802 80808)