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Trochocyathus (Platycyathus)

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae

Taxonomy
Trochocyathus (Platycyathus) was named by Fromentel (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo R Sepkoski's reference number: 796]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Platycyathus by Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Trochocyathus by Fromentel (1863) and Squires (1988); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Trochocyathus (Platycyathus) Fromentel
1988Trochocyathus (Platycyathus) Squires p. 6
2002Platycyathus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderCaryophylliina(Vaughan and Wells 1943)
superfamilyCaryophylliicaeGray 1847
familyCaryophylliidaeGray 1847
genusTrochocyathusMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848
subgenusPlatycyathusFromentel 1863

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.

Subg. Trochocyathus (Platycyathus) Fromentel 1863
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Platycyathus eburnensis Barta-Calmus 1969
Platycyathus grahami Durham 1943
Platycyathus orbignyi Fromentel 1862
Platycyathus yezoensis Eguchi 1951
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available