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Heterocyathus

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Heterocyathus was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Caryophylliidae by Veron (2000); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Heterocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime
1851Stephanoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime
2000Heterocyathus Veron p. 412
2002Bracytrochus Sepkoski
2002Heterocyathus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusHeterocyathusMilne-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. Heterocyathus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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Invalid names: Heterocyathus elongatus Hu 1987 [synonym]
Heterocyathus elberti Felix 1913
Heterocyathus mai Cheng 1971
Heterocyathus priscus Stolarski et al. 2001
Invalid names: Brachytrochus Duncan 1876 [synonym], Stephanoseris Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available