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Scleractinia taxon details

Stenocyathus vermiformis (Pourtalès, 1868)

135208  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135208)

accepted
Species
Caryophyllia carpenteri Duncan, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caryophyllia simplex Duncan, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Coenocyathus vermiformis Pourtalès, 1868 · unaccepted > superseded combination (basionym)
Stenocyathus decamera Ralph & Squires, 1962 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Stenocyathus washingtoni Cecchini, 1914 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Coenocyathus vermiformis Pourtalès, 1868) Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths (2d series). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(7): 121-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587602 [details]   
Depth range 110-1500 m  
Depth range 110-1500 m [details]

Distribution semi-cosmopolitan  
Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Stenocyathus vermiformis (Pourtalès, 1868). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135208 on 2024-06-06
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original description  (of Stenocyathus washingtoni Cecchini, 1914) Cecchini C. (1914). Su due nuovi Turbinolidae del Mediterraneo (diagnosi preliminari). <em>Monitore Zoologico Italiano.</em> 25:151–152. [details]   

original description  (of Stenocyathus decamera Ralph & Squires, 1962) Ralph PM, Squires DF. (1962). The extant scleractinian corals of New Zealand. <em>Zoology Publications from Victoria University of Wellington.</em> 29: 1-19. [details]   

original description  (of Caryophyllia simplex Duncan, 1878) Duncan PM. (1878). A Description of the Madreporaria dredged up during the Expeditions of H.M.S. Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870. – Part. II. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 10: 235-249, pls. 43-45., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1873.tb00560.x [details]   

original description  (of Caryophyllia carpenteri Duncan, 1878) Duncan PM. (1878). A Description of the Madreporaria dredged up during the Expeditions of H.M.S. Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870. – Part. II. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 10: 235-249, pls. 43-45., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1873.tb00560.x [details]   

original description  (of Coenocyathus vermiformis Pourtalès, 1868) Pourtalès, L.F. de. (1868). Contributions to the fauna of the Gulf Stream at great depths (2d series). <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, in Cambridge.</em> 1(7): 121-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6587602 [details]   

context source (Deepsea) Cairns, Stephen (look up in IMIS[details]   

context source (Bermuda) Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. <em>Angus & Robertson Publishers.</em>
page(s): 609 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1984). New records of ahermatypic corals (Scleractinia) from the Hawaiian and Line Islands. <em>Occasional Papers of the Bishop Musem.</em> 25(10): 1-30. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Cairns, S.D. & N.B. Keller. (1993). New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 103(5): 213-292, 13 pls. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1982). Antarctic and Subantarctic Scleractinia. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 34: 1-74.
page(s): 52 Plate 16, figs. 8-11 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). Caryophylliina and Dendrophylliina (Anthozoa: Scleractinia). <em>Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises.</em> 3(4): 1-27., available online at https://f50006a.eos-intl.net/ELIBSQL12_F50006A_Documents/mhc_v3_4_0813_R.pdf [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D. (1977). A checklist of the ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the description of a new species. <em>Gulf Research Reports.</em> 6 (1): 9-15., available online at https://aquila.usm.edu/gcr/vol6/iss1/2/ [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Rossi, L., 1958. Contributo allo studio della fauna di profondita' vivente presso la riviera Ligure di Levante. Doriana 2 92: 1-13.
page(s): 6, 11 [details]   

additional source Dawson EW. (1992). The Coelenterata of the New Zealand region: a handlist for curators, students and ecologists. <em>Occasional papers of the Hutton Foundation, New Zealand.</em> 1: 1-68.
page(s): 45 [details]   

additional source Pourtalès, L. F. de. (1871). Deep-sea corals. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 2 (4): 1-93, pls. 1-8., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.13636
page(s): 10, 60, 61, 89, 91, 92, 94, Plate I, Figs. 1, 2, 96, Plate III, Figs. 11, 12, 13 [details]   

additional source Pourtalès, L.F. de, 1878. Corals. In: Report on the Dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico, by the United States Coast Survey Steamer "Blake", Lieutenant-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., commanding. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 5 9: 197-212.
page(s): 202 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. <em>Atoll Research Bulletin.</em> 459: 13-46.
page(s): 33 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., W.C. Jaap & J.C. Lang. (2009). Scleractinia (Cnidaria) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder DL. Camp DK (eds.) Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 333–347. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (2009-2017). On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. <em>In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats.</em> Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Cairns, S.D. (2004). The azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Coelenterata: Anthozoa) of Australia. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 56(3): 259-329. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Pourtalès, L.F. (1880). Report on the corals and Antipatharia. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea, 1878-79, by the United States coast survey steamer "Blake", commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. VI. <em>.Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 6(4): 95-120, pls. 1-3.
page(s): 96, 101 [details]   

additional source Cairns, S.D., L. Gershwin, F.J. Brook, P. Pugh, E.W. Dawson, O.V.; Ocaña, W. Vervoort, G. Williams, J.E. Watson, D.M. Opresko, P. Schuchert, P.M. Hine, D.P. Gordon, H.I. Campbell, A.J. Wright, J.A.Sánchez & D.G. Fautin. (2009). Phylum Cnidaria: corals, medusae, hydroids, myxozoans. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 59-101., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8431 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Gravier, C. (1920). Madréporaires provenant des campagnes des yachts Princesse-Alice et Hirondelle II (1893-1913). <em>Annales de l'Institut Océanographique de Monaco.</em> 55: 1-123, pls 1-16. [details]   

additional source Zibrowius, H.; Taviani, M. (2005). Remarkable sessile fauna associated with deep coral and other calcareous substrates in the Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea. <i>in</i> Freiwald A, Roberts JM (eds), Cold-water Corals and Ecosystems. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp 807-819.
page(s): 811 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Rogers, A. D. (1999). The biology of Lophelia pertusa (Linnaeus, 1758) and other deep-water reef-forming corals and impacts from human activities. International Review of Hydrobiology, 84: 315-406
page(s): 347 [details]   

additional source Marenzeller, E. von. (1904). Steinkorallen. <em>Wissenschaflichte Ergebnisse der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia", 1838-1899,.</em> Band 7: 281-318, pls. 14-18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6308054 [details]   

additional source Kitahara MV. (2007). Species richness and distribution of azooxanthellate Scleractinia in Brazil. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 81 (3): 497-518. [details]   

additional source Wells JW. (1958). Scleractinian Corals. <em>British-Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition 1929-31 Reports Series B.</em> 6(11): 257-275, pls. 1-2.
page(s): 262 [details]   

additional source Pires DE. (2007). The azooxanthellate coral fauna of Brazil. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 81:265-272. [details]   

additional source Kitahara MV, Cordeiro RTS, Barbosa RV, Pires D Sumida PYG. (2020). Brazilian Deep-Sea Corals. In: Sumida PYG, Bernardino AF, De Léo FC (eds) Brazilian Deep-Sea Biodiversity. <em>Brazilian Marine Biodiversity. Volume 3. Springer, Cham.</em> pp. 73-107., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53222-2_4 [details]   

additional source Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2021). Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from New Caledonia. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 215:1-722. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

additional source Zibrowius, H. (1974). Scleractiniares des Iles Saint Paul et Amsterdam (sud de L'Ocean Indien). Tethys, 5(4): 747-778
page(s): 747, 769-770 [details]   

additional source Laborel, J. (1970). Les peuplements de madréporaires des côtes tropicales du Brésil. Annales de l'Université d'Abidjan, 2, E, (3): 7-261
page(s): 194 [details]   

additional source Álvarez-Pérez, G.; Busquets, P.; De Mol, B.; Sandoval, N. G.; Canals, M.; Casamor, J. L. (2005). Deep-water coral occurrences in the Strait of Gibraltar. André Freiwald and J. Murray Roberts (eds.). Springer. Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 207-221
page(s): 213, 215, 217 [details]   

additional source Rossi, L. (1961). Études sur le seuil Siculo -Tunisien. 6. Madréporaires. Campagne de la Calypso (août-septembre 1954). Annales de l'Institute Oceanographique, 5, 169-173
page(s): 33, 39-40, 46 [details]   

additional source Squires, D. F. (1959). Deep sea corals collected by the Lamont Geological Observatory. 1 Atlantic corals. American Museum Novitates, 1965, 1-42
page(s): 7, 23 [details]   

additional source Kühlmann, D. H. H. (2006). Die Steinkorallensammlung im Naturhistorischen Museum in Rudolstadt (Thüringen) nebst ökologischen Bemerkungen. Rudolstädter Naturhistorische Schriften, 13, 37-113
page(s): 64, 104, 113 [details]   

additional source Ramil Blanco, F.; Pulpeiro, E. F. (1990). Inventario de los antozoos de Galicia. A checklist of the Anthozoa from Galicia. Boletin de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 86(1-4): 17-30
page(s): 28 [details]   

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. <em>Studies on the Natural History of the Caribbean Region.</em> 75: 1-231. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. <em>Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands.</em> 57:1-341. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1995). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa. <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Memoir.</em> 103: 1-210. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

redescription Cairns, S.D. & S.A. Parker. (1992). Review of the Recent Scleractinia (Stony Corals) of South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania. <em>Records South Australian Museum, Monograph Series.</em> 3: 1-82, pls. 1-18,. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

redescription Zibrowius H. (1980). Les scléractiniaires de la Méditerranée et de l'Atlantique nord-oriental. <em>Mémoires de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 11: 1-284, pls. 1-117. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 163 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1994). Scleractinia of the temperate North Pacific. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 557: 1-150. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
 
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Nontype AM G14706, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AM G16562, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype AM, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype BMNH, geounit St. Helena Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype MCZ, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO249 [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO250, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO258, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMNZ CO89, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 9085, geounit Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype NMSR 9086, geounit Moroccan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype RMNH, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SME, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype UMML 0,51805555556, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 10923, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46641, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46642, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46643, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46644, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46645, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46646, geounit Bahamas Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46647, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46648, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46649, geounit Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46650, geounit Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 46651, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 62474, geounit United States Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 91775, geounit High Seas [details]
Nontype USNM 94264, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94265, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94266, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94267, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 94368, geounit High Seas [details]
Unknown type IGPS 53695 [details]
Unknown type USNM 47446, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 47448, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 47449, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 47450, geounit High Seas [details]
Unknown type USNM 47451, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 47452, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 47453, geounit New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type USNM 47454, geounit High Seas [details]
Unknown type USNM 80984, geounit Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range 110-1500 m [details]

Distribution semi-cosmopolitan [details]

Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Habitat shelf to slope [details]
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