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Ketophyllum eriphyle

Anthozoa - Chonophyllidae

Taxonomy
Cyathophyllum eriphyle was named by Billings (1862).

It was recombined as Omphyma eriphyle by Northrop (1939) and Bassler (1950); it was recombined as Ketophyllum eriphyle by McLean (1974).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Cyathophyllum eriphyle Billings p. 111
1939Omphyma eriphyle Northrop p. 143
1950Omphyma eriphyle Bassler p. 76
1974Ketophyllum eriphyle McLean p. 657

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
familyChonophyllidaeHolmes 1887
subfamilyChonophyllinaeHolmes 1887
genusKetophyllumWedekind 1927
specieseriphyle(Billings 1862)

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.

Ketophyllum eriphyle Billings 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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

Age range: Telychian or 438.50000 to 433.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Canada (Quebec) Omphyma eriphyle (184837 184842)