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Pachyphyllum

Anthozoa - Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae

Taxonomy
Pachyphyllum was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1850). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Phacellophyllinae by Hill (1956); and to Phillipsastreidae by McLean (1994).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Pachyphyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime
1855Medusaephyllum Roemer
1956Pachyphyllum Hill
1994Pachyphyllum McLean
2002Medusaephyllum Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
subclassRugosa(Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850)
RankNameAuthor
orderStauriidaVerrill 1865
suborderColumnariinaRominger 1876
familyPhillipsastreidaeHill 1954
genusPachyphyllumMilne-Edwards and Haime 1850

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. †Pachyphyllum Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Pachyphyllum dumonti Sorauf 1998
Pachyphyllum woodmani Hall and Whitfield 1864
Invalid names: Medusaephyllum Roemer 1855 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available