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Pachysceptron

Anthozoa - Pennatulacea

Taxonomy
Pachysceptron is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pennatulacea by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Pachysceptron Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
subclassOctocorallia
orderPennatulacea
genusPachysceptron

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