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Pristiophyllia

Anthozoa - Heterocorallia

Taxonomy
Pristiophyllia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Heterocorallia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Pristiophyllia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
RankNameAuthor
subclassOctocorallia
orderHeterocoralliaSchindewolf 1941
genusPristiophyllia

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: low Mg calciteo
Grouping: solitaryo
Clonal: yeso
Locomotion: stationarysubc
Attached: yessubc
Life habit: epifaunalsubc
Diet: suspension feedersubc
Diet 2: carnivoresubc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-02-26 07:23:15
Modified: 2008-02-26 09:23:15
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007
Collections
No collection or age range data are available