Deep-Sea taxon details
Polycyathus octuplus Cairns, 1999
286844 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286844)
accepted
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Cairns, S.D. (1999). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. <em>In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 20. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 20(180): 31-167. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
Holotype MNHN, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive...
Holotype MNHN, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Depth range 90-441 m.
Depth range 90-441 m
Depth range 90-441 m. [details]
Depth range 90-441 m
Depth range 90-441 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Polycyathus octuplus Cairns, 1999. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286844 on 2025-05-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Polycyathus octuplus Cairns, 1999. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286844 on 2025-05-04
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original description
Cairns, S.D. (1999). Cnidaria Anthozoa: Deep-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia from Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna Islands. <em>In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 20. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 20(180): 31-167. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]
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): 23 [details]
context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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]
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): 23 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNHN, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype MNHN, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype MNHN, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype MNHN, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype MNHN, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype MNHN, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 98653, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 98654, geounit Wallis and Futuna Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Paratype USNM 98954 [details]
Unreviewed
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 90-441 m. [details]
Depth range 90-441 m [details]
