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Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

135092  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135092)

accepted
Genus
Astrocyathus Haeckel, 1904 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Deltocyathus (Deltocyathus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Deltocyathus (Levipalifer) Vaughan, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Discosmilia Alloiteau, 1958 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Levipalifer Vaughan, 1900 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Metadeltocyathus Reig Oriol, 1995 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

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  1. Species Deltocyathus agassizii Pourtalès, 1867
  2. Species Deltocyathus andamanicus Alcock, 1898
  3. Species Deltocyathus calcar Pourtalès, 1874
  4. Species Deltocyathus cameratus Cairns, 1999
  5. Species Deltocyathus corrugatus Cairns, 1999
  6. Species Deltocyathus crassiseptum Cairns, 1999
  7. Species Deltocyathus eccentricus Cairns, 1979
  8. Species Deltocyathus halianthus (Lindström, 1877)
  9. Species Deltocyathus heteroclitus Wells, 1984
  10. Species Deltocyathus inusitatus Kitahara & Cairns, 2009
  11. Species Deltocyathus italicus (Michelotti, 1838)
  12. Species Deltocyathus magnificus Moseley, 1876
  13. Species Deltocyathus moseleyi Cairns, 1979
  14. Species Deltocyathus murrayi Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
  15. Species Deltocyathus nascornatus (Gardiner & Waugh, 1938)
  16. Species Deltocyathus ornatus Gardiner, 1899
  17. Species Deltocyathus parvulus Keller, 1982
  18. Species Deltocyathus perexiguus Kitahara & Cairns, 2021
  19. Species Deltocyathus philippinensis Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
  20. Species Deltocyathus pourtalesi Cairns, 1979
  21. Species Deltocyathus rotulus (Alcock, 1898)
  22. Species Deltocyathus sarsi (Gardiner & Waugh, 1938)
  23. Species Deltocyathus stella Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
  24. Species Deltocyathus suluensis Alcock, 1902
  25. Species Deltocyathus taiwanicus Hu, 1987
  26. Species Deltocyathus varians Gardiner & Waugh, 1938
  27. Species Deltocyathus vaughani Yabe & Eguchi, 1937
  28. Subgenus Deltocyathus (Deltocyathus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    1. Species Deltocyathus (Deltocyathus) taiwanicus Hu, 1987 accepted as Deltocyathus taiwanicus Hu, 1987 (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  29. Subgenus Deltocyathus (Levipalifer) Vaughan, 1900 accepted as Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Deltocyathus (Levipalifer) orientalis (Vaughan, 1900) accepted as Deltocyathus vaughani Yabe & Eguchi, 1937 (synonymy)
  30. Subgenus Deltocyathus (Paradeltocyathus) Yabe & Eguchi, 1937 accepted as Peponocyathus Gravier, 1915 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    1. Species Deltocyathus (Paradeltocyathus) australiensis (Duncan, 1870) accepted as Peponocyathus australiensis (Duncan, 1870) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
    2. Species Deltocyathus (Paradeltocyathus) orientalis Duncan, 1876 accepted as Peponocyathus orientalis (Duncan, 1876) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  31. Species Deltocyathus agassizi Pourtalès, 1867 accepted as Deltocyathus agassizii Pourtalès, 1867 (unaccepted > misspelling)
  32. Species Deltocyathus conicus Zibrowius, 1980 accepted as Deltocyathus italicus (Michelotti, 1838) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  33. Species Deltocyathus formosus Cairns, 1995 accepted as Deltocyathus suluensis Alcock, 1902 (synonymy)
  34. Species Deltocyathus fragilis Alcock, 1902 accepted as Deltocyathus rotulus (Alcock, 1898) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  35. Species Deltocyathus hexagonus (Gravier, 1915) accepted as Fungiacyathus (Bathyactis) marenzelleri (Vaughan, 1906) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  36. Species Deltocyathus lens Alcock, 1902 accepted as Peponocyathus orientalis (Duncan, 1876) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  37. Species Deltocyathus minutus Gardiner & Waugh, 1938 accepted as Peponocyathus orientalis (Duncan, 1876) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  38. Species Deltocyathus orientalis Duncan, 1876 accepted as Peponocyathus orientalis (Duncan, 1876) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, basionym)
  39. Species Deltocyathus rotaeformis Tenison-Woods, 1878 accepted as Dunocyathus parasiticus Tenison-Woods, 1878 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  40. Species Deltocyathus stellulatus Cairns, 1984 accepted as Bourneotrochus stellulatus (Cairns, 1984) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
  41. Species Deltocyathus vaughani Yabe & Eguchi, 1932 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  42. Species Deltocyathus vincentinus Dennant, 1904 accepted as Australocyathus vincentinus (Dennant, 1904) (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 44-5080 m  
Depth range 44-5080 m [details]

Fossil range Upper Cretaceous to Recent  
Fossil range Upper Cretaceous to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2024). World List of Scleractinia. Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135092 on 2024-03-19
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original description 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]   

original description  (of Levipalifer Vaughan, 1900) Vaughan TW. (1900). A new fossil species of Caryophyllia from California, and a new genus and species of turbinolid coral from Japan. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 22 (1194): 199-203, pl. 16., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.22-1194.199 [details]   

original description  (of Astrocyathus Haeckel, 1904 †) Haeckel, E. (1899-1904). Kunstformen der Natur. Hundert Illustrationstafeln mit beschreibendem Text, allgemeine Erläuterung und systematische Übersicht. <em>Leipzig und Wien, Verlag des Bibliographischen Instituts.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.102214 [details]   

original description  (of Discosmilia Alloiteau, 1958 †) Alloiteau J. (1958). Monographie des madreporaires fossiles de Madagascar. <em>Annales Géologiques de Madagascar.</em> 25: 1-218, pls 1-38. [details]   

original description  (of Metadeltocyathus Reig Oriol, 1995 †) Reig Oriol, J. M. (1995). Madreporarios cretácicos. <em>Barcelona.</em> 62 pp. [details]   

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

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.
page(s): 245-246, Fig 5G-H [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Randall RH. (2003). An annotated checklist of hydrozoan and scleractinian corals collected from Guam and other Mariana Islands. <em>Micronesica.</em> 35-36: 121-137.
page(s): 135 [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]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source 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)
page(s): 92-93 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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 Yabe H, Eguchi M. (1937). Notes on Deltocyathus and Discotrochus from Japan. <em>Science Reports of the Tohoku Imperial University, 2nd Series (Geology).</em> 19: 127-147, pl. 20. [details]   

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, 756-757 [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]   

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): 63, 102, 113 [details]   

additional source Kitahara, M.V. & S.D. Cairns. (2009). A revision of the genus Deltocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (Scleractinia, Caryophylliidae) from New Caledonia, with the description of a new species. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 31(2): 233-248. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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 Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [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 [request] 

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 [request] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Nontype NMSR 9064, geounit Australian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype SIO, geounit Madagascan Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype USNM 91551, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Corallum solitary, discoidal to patellate, free (sometimes with a scar of previous attachment at center of base); septothecate, granular or ridged costae present; pali on all septal cycles, the axial edges of the P3 joining the P2 near the columella in a characteristic deltoid formation; columella papillose. [details]

Remark About a dozen fossil species and 25 Recent species. It is one of the more commonly collected of the deep-sea genera. [details]

From other sources
Biology azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range 44-5080 m [details]

Fossil range Upper Cretaceous to Recent [details]