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Heterocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 
AphiaID: 206380

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family)
Status accepted
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status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (type by subsequent designation)
Parent Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846
Synonymised
taxa		  Psammoseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
 Spongiocyathus Folkeson, 1919
 Stephanoseris Milne Edwards & Haime, 1851
Sources  from synonym: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Cairns, S.D., 2001. A generic revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Dendrophylliidae (Cnidaria: Scleractinia). Smith. Cont. Zool. 615: 75 pp., 14 pls., 3 figs.  [details] [view taxon]

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[hide all]		 Species Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
  » Subspecies Heterocyathus aequicostatus delicatus Sakakura, 1935 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1865
Species Heterocyathus antoniae Reyes, Santodomingo & Cairns, 2009
Species Heterocyathus hemisphaericus Gray, 1849
Species Heterocyathus japonicus (Verrill, 1866)
Species Heterocyathus oblongatus Rehberg, 1891
Species Heterocyathus pulchellus Rehberg, 1891
Species Heterocyathus sulcatus (Verrill, 1866)

Species Heterocyathus elongatus Hu, 1987 † accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species Heterocyathus eupsammides Gray, 1849 accepted as Heteropsammia eupsammides (Gray, 1849)
Species Heterocyathus hemisphericus Gray, 1849 accepted as Heterocyathus hemisphaericus Gray, 1849
Species Heterocyathus heterocostatus Harrison, 1911 accepted as Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1865
Species Heterocyathus mai Cheng, 1971 accepted as Heterocyathus japonicus (Verrill, 1866)
Species Heterocyathus oblongatus Rehberg, 1892 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species Heterocyathus parasiticus Semper, 1872 accepted as Heterocyathus alternatus Verrill, 1865
Species Heterocyathus philippinensis Semper, 1872 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species Heterocyathus pulchellus Rehberg, 1892 accepted as Heterocyathus sulcatus (Verrill, 1866)
Species Heterocyathus roussaeanus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Species Heterocyathus woodmasoni Alcock, 1893 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
Environment marine
Fossil range recent + fossil
Link To ITIS
Notes  Biology: azooxanthellate and zooxanthellate species [details]

Depth range: 0-319 m [details]

Fossil range: Pliocene to Recent [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206380
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-06-06 22:00:00Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2010-08-20 12:17:25Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
2010-09-15 23:16:22Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Heterocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206380 on 2013-05-21
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