WoRMS taxon details
Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
AphiaID: 216146
AphiaID: 216146
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family) > Heterocyathus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Heterocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Heterocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Heterocyathus aequicostatus delicatus Sakakura, 1935 Heterocyathus elongatus Hu, 1987 † Heterocyathus oblongatus Rehberg, 1892 Heterocyathus philippinensis Semper, 1872 Heterocyathus roussaeanus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 Heterocyathus woodmasoni Alcock, 1893 Stephanoseris carthausi Felix, 1913 Stephanoseris lamellosa Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Best, W.G., G. Faure & M. Pichon (1980). Contribution to the knowledge of the stony corals from the Seychelles and Eastern Africa. Rev. Zool. Afr. 94,3: 600 - 627. [details] additional source: S.D.Cairns, B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land, update Oct. 2007, as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2009. On line appendix: Phylogenetic list of the 711 valid Recent azooxanthellate scleractinian species with their junior synonyms and depth ranges, 28 pp. In: Cold-Water Corals: The Biology and Geology of Deep-Sea Coral Habitats. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge http://www.lophelia.org/online-appendices [details] additional source: Cairns, S.D., 2004. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia of Australia. Rec. Australian Mus., 56(3): 259-329, 12 pls. [details] redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1998. Azooxanthellate Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Western Australia. Rec. of West. Austr. Mus. 18(4): 361-417, 9 pls. [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Heterocyathus aequicostatus delicatus Sakakura, 1935 accepted as Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Indo-West Pacific [details] Red Sea [details] Réunion Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Seychelles [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To IUCN Red List To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Biology: zooxanthellate or azooxanthellate [details] Depth range: 0-20 m [details] Description: Sometimes hermatypic. Corals are solitary, free-living, and have a flat base. They have a commensal relationship with a sipunculid worm (Aspidosiphon corallicola). The sipunculid moves the coral about on substrates and prevents it from becoming buried. Polyps are extended only at night. Polyp larvae settle initially on dead micro-molluscs which become embedded in the corallum. Colour: pale brown, often with greenish oral disc. Abundance: always found on soft horizontal substrates at depths of 20 m or more, usually in association with Heteropsammia cochlea and Cycloseris cyclolites. May be very abundant (up to 40 individuals per square metre). (Veron, 1986 <57>) [details] Type locality: Type locality: unrecorded (Veron, 1986). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216146 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216146 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||||||||
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