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Antillocyathus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Antillocyathus was named by Wells (1937) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Caryophylliidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Antillocyathus Wells
1956Antillocyathus Wells
2002Antillocyathus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusAntillocyathusWells 1937

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. †Antillocyathus Wells 1937
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Antillocyathus alatus Cairns and Wells 1987
Antillocyathus cristatus Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
Antillocyathus gracilis Cairns 1995
Antillocyathus maoensis Vaughan and Hoffmeister 1925
Antillocyathus trinitatis Vaughan 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available