WoRMS taxon details
Coenocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
135088 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135088)
accepted
Genus
Coenocyathus cylindricus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (type by original designation)
- 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 nanus Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
- Species Coenocyathus parvulus (Cairns, 1979)
- Species Coenocyathus sebroecki Kitahara, Capel & Migotto, 2020
- Species Coenocyathus apertus Döderlein, 1913 accepted as Phyllangia americana americana Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Coenocyathus bartschi Wells, 1947 accepted as Rhizosmilia maculata (Pourtalès, 1874) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Coenocyathus corsicus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Pourtalosmilia anthophyllites (Ellis & Solander, 1786) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Coenocyathus dohrni Döderlein, 1913 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) inornata (Duncan, 1878) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Coenocyathus giesbrechti Döderlein, 1913 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) inornata (Duncan, 1878) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Coenocyathus lobatus Chevalier, 1966 accepted as Coenocyathus cylindricus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Coenocyathus mouchezii Lucaze-Duthier, 1897 accepted as Phyllangia americana mouchezii (Lacaze-Duthiers, 1897) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Coenocyathus sagamiensis Eguchi, 1968 accepted as Rhizosmilia sagamiensis (Eguchi, 1968) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Coenocyathus vermiformis Pourtalès, 1868 accepted as Stenocyathus vermiformis (Pourtalès, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]
Depth range 2-500 m
Fossil range Oligocene to Recent
Depth range 2-500 m [details]
Fossil range Oligocene to Recent
Fossil range Oligocene to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Coenocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135088 on 2024-04-16
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Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Moseley, H.N. (1876). Preliminary report to Professor Wyville Thompson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff, on the true corals dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger' in deep water between the dates Dec. 30th, 1870, and August 31st. <em>Proc. R. Soc.</em> 24: 544-569.
page(s): 545, 568 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. <em>Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série.</em> 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [details]
additional source Chevalier J-P. (1966). Contribution à l'étude des Madréporaires des côtes occidentales de l'Afrique tropicale (1re partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institute Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Series A: Sciences Naturelles.</em> 28 (3): 912-975, pls. 1-5. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 968-970 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Broch, H. (1953). Octocorals and stony corals of the high Adriatic trawling grounds. Institut za Oceanografiju i Ribarstvo - Split FNR Jugoslavija, VI(2): 3-21
page(s): 16, 17 [details]
additional source Studer T. (1879). Übersicht der Anthozoa Alcyonaria, welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der könglich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878, 632-688.
page(s): 676 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [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 [request]
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 Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Moseley, H.N. (1876). Preliminary report to Professor Wyville Thompson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff, on the true corals dredged by H.M.S. 'Challenger' in deep water between the dates Dec. 30th, 1870, and August 31st. <em>Proc. R. Soc.</em> 24: 544-569.
page(s): 545, 568 [details]
additional source Cairns, S.D., R. Baron-Szabo, A.F. Budd, B. Lathuilière, E. Roniewicz, J. Stolarski & K.G. Johnson. (2010). Corallosphere. , available online at http://www.corallosphere.org [details]
additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]
additional source Chevalier J-P. (1961). Recherches sur les Madreporaires et les formations recifales Miocenes de la Mediterranee occidentale. <em>Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France, Nouvelle Série.</em> 40(93): 1-562, pls. 1-26. [details]
additional source Chevalier J-P. (1966). Contribution à l'étude des Madréporaires des côtes occidentales de l'Afrique tropicale (1re partie). <em>Bulletin de l'Institute Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Series A: Sciences Naturelles.</em> 28 (3): 912-975, pls. 1-5. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 968-970 [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Broch, H. (1953). Octocorals and stony corals of the high Adriatic trawling grounds. Institut za Oceanografiju i Ribarstvo - Split FNR Jugoslavija, VI(2): 3-21
page(s): 16, 17 [details]
additional source Studer T. (1879). Übersicht der Anthozoa Alcyonaria, welche während der Reise S.M.S. Gazelle um die Erde gesammelt wurden. <em>Monatsberichte der könglich preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin.</em> 1878, 632-688.
page(s): 676 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [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
[request] 
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Comparison Similar to Caryophyllia but colonial, from a basal coenosteum. [details]Diagnosis Corallum colonial, corallites extracalicularly budded from a thick common basal coenosteum; corallites cylindrical and stout; septotheca costate and granular; a crown of pali occurs before penultimate septal cycle; columella papillose or fascicular; endotheca absent. [details]
Remark Genus partially reviewed by Zibrowius (1980) and Cairns (1999). Several fossil species 8 Recent species. [details]
From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 2-500 m [details]
Fossil range Oligocene to Recent [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
