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Discocyathus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Discocyathus was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: J l K Ceno Sepkoski's reference number: 2].

It was assigned to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Thecocyathinae by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Discocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime
2002Brachycyathus Sepkoski
2002Discocyathus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
subfamilyThecocyathinaeVaughan and Wells 1943
genusDiscocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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. †Discocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Discocyathus fittoni Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851
Invalid names: Brachycyathus [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available