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Phacelocyathus Cairns, 1979 
AphiaID: 267727

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Anthozoa (Class) > Hexacorallia (Subclass) > Scleractinia (Order) > Caryophylliidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Paracyathus flos Pourtalès, 1878 (type by original designation)
Parent Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846
Sources  original description: Cairns, S.D., 1979. The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. Stud. Fauna Curacao, 57 (180): 341 pp. [details]

basis of record: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[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]

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 Species Phacelocyathus flos (Pourtalès, 1878)
Environment marine
Fossil range recent only
Link To ITIS
Notes  Biology: azooxanthellate [details]

Depth range: 20-255 m [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267727
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Date   action   by
2008-01-14 11:18:07Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-08-22 15:01:56Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
2010-09-09 02:46:30Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Phacelocyathus Cairns, 1979. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267727 on 2013-05-25
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