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Radicipes

Anthozoa - Alcyonacea - Chrysogorgiidae

Taxonomy
Radicipes was named by Stearns (1883). Its type is Radicipes pleurocristatus.

It was assigned to Chrysogorgiidae by Goedert et al. (2022).

Species
R. pleurocristatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Radicipes Stearns
2022Radicipes Goedert et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
subclassOctocorallia
RankNameAuthor
orderAlcyonaceaLamouroux 1816
suborderCalcaxoniaGrasshoff 1999
familyChrysogorgiidaeVerrill 1883
genusRadicipesStearns 1883

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.

G. †Radicipes Stearns 1883
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Radicipes pleurocristatus Stearns 1883
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: microcarnivoreo
Diet 2: photosymbiotico
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-11 22:04:14
Modified: 2009-10-09 15:36:48
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
No collection or age range data are available