WoRMS taxon details
Coenocyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848
AphiaID: 135088
AphiaID: 135088
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Coenocyathus cylindricus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (type by original designation) | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema, and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A. F. Budd, B. Lathuiliere, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski, and K. G. Johnson (2010). Corallosphere, available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details] redescription: Cairns, S.D., 2000. A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the western Atlantic. Stud. Nat. Hist. Carib. Reg. 75: 321 pp., 215 figs. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Coenocyathus anthophyllites Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Species Coenocyathus bowersi Vaughan, 1906 Species Coenocyathus brooki Cairns, 1995 Species Coenocyathus caribbeana Cairns, 2000 Species Coenocyathus cylindricus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Species Coenocyathus goreaui Wells, 1972 Species Coenocyathus humanni Cairns, 2000 Species Coenocyathus parvulus (Cairns, 1979) Species Coenocyathus apertus Doderlein, 1913 accepted as Phyllangia americana americana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 Species Coenocyathus bartschi Wells, 1947 accepted as Rhizosmilia maculata (Pourtalès, 1874) Species Coenocyathus corsicus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Pourtalosmilia anthophyllites (Ellis & Solander, 1786) Species Coenocyathus dohrni Doderlein, 1913 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) inornata (Duncan, 1878) Species Coenocyathus giesbrechti Doderlein, 1913 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) inornata (Duncan, 1878) Species Coenocyathus lobatus Chevalier, 1966 accepted as Coenocyathus cylindricus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Species Coenocyathus sagamiensis Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Rhizosmilia sagamiensis (Eguchi, 1968) Species Coenocyathus vermiformis Pourtalès, 1868 accepted as Stenocyathus vermiformis (Pourtalès, 1868) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | |||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 2-500 m [details] Fossil range: Oligocene to Recent [details] Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135088 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S.; Hoeksema, B. (2013). Coenocyathus Milne-Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135088 on 2013-05-26 | ||||||||||||||
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