Scleractinia taxon details
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) ephyala Alcock, 1891
286742 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:286742)
accepted
Species
Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) scillaeomorpha Alcock, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caryophyllia ephyala Alcock, 1891 · alternative representation
Caryophyllia scillaemorpha Alcock, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
Caryophyllia scillaeomorpha Alcock, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Caryophyllia scyllaeomorpha Alcock, 1894 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (misspelling)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Caryophyllia ephyala Alcock, 1891) Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. No. 21. Note on the results of the last season's deep-sea dredging. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 6) 7 (37): 1-19; 7 (38): 186-202; 7 (39): 258-272. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939109460605 [details] 
Depth range 420 m
Depth range 420 m [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) ephyala Alcock, 1891. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=286742 on 2026-09-12
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(of Caryophyllia scillaeomorpha Alcock, 1894) Alcock A. (1894). Natural history notes from HM Indian Marine Survey Streamer 'Investigator' Series 2, number 15. On some new and rare corals from the deep waters of India. <em>The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 63 (2): 186-188. [details]
original description (of Caryophyllia ephyala Alcock, 1891) Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. No. 21. Note on the results of the last season's deep-sea dredging. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 6) 7 (37): 1-19; 7 (38): 186-202; 7 (39): 258-272. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939109460605 [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [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]
original description (of Caryophyllia ephyala Alcock, 1891) Wood-Mason, J. & Alcock, A. (1891). Natural history notes from H.M. Indian marine survey steamer 'Investigator', Commander R.F. Hoskyn, R.N., commanding. No. 21. Note on the results of the last season's deep-sea dredging. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (series 6) 7 (37): 1-19; 7 (38): 186-202; 7 (39): 258-272. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939109460605 [details]
basis of record Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (2007). as a contribution to UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms. (look up in IMIS) [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]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Nontype (of Caryophyllia ephyala Alcock, 1891) UAZM, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia ephyala Alcock, 1891) UAZM, geounit Indonesian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Nontype (of Caryophyllia ephyala Alcock, 1891) UAZM, geounit Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Unknown type (of Caryophyllia ephyala Alcock, 1891) BMNH [details]
Unknown type (of Caryophyllia ephyala Alcock, 1891) BMNH [details]
Unknown type (of Caryophyllia ephyala Alcock, 1891) BMNH, geounit South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
