Scleractinia taxon details
Cyathophyllum Goldfuss, 1826 †
1416315 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1416315)
accepted
Genus
- Species Cyathophyllum dianthoides M'Coy, 1849 †
- Species Cyathophyllum paracida M'Coy, 1849 †
- Species Cyathophyllum plicatum Goldfuss, 1826 †
- Species Cyathophyllum profundum Conrad, 1843 † (accepted > unreplaced junior homonym)
- Species Cyathophyllum profundum Gümbel, 1861 †
- Species Cyathophyllum pseudovermiculare M'Coy, 1849 †
- Species Cyathophyllum rhomboideum Gümbel, 1861 †
- Species Cyathophyllum truncatum (Linnaeus, 1758) †
- Species Cyathophyllum cocchi Stoppani, 1865 † accepted as Stylophyllum cocchi (Stoppani, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Cyathophyllum compositum Sowerby, 1832 † accepted as Thamnasteria composita (Sowerby, 1832) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Cyathophyllum confluens Münster, 1841 † accepted as Margarosmilia confluens (Münster, 1841) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Cyathophyllum granulatum Münster, 1841 † accepted as Omphalophyllia granulosa (Münster, 1841) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Cyathophyllum mactra Goldfuss, 1826 † accepted as Thecocyathus mactra (Goldfuss, 1826) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Cyathophyllum radiciforme Münster, 1841 † accepted as Omphalophyllia radiciformis (Münster, 1841) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Cyathophyllum rugosum (Hall, 1843) accepted as Prismatophyllum rugosum (Hall, 1843) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Cyathophyllum tintinnabulum Goldfuss, 1826 † accepted as Thecocyathus tintinnabulum (Goldfuss, 1826) † (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Cyathophylium plicatum Goldfuss, 1826 † (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Goldfuss, G. A. (1826-1833). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Erster Theil. (Arnz & Comp.: Düsseldorf): 1-252, pls I-LXXI. [I-VIII, 1-76, pls. 1-25 (1826); 77-164, pls. 26-50 (1829); 165-240, pls. 51-71, 1 unnumbered plate (1831); 241-252 (1833)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50235037 [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Cyathophyllum Goldfuss, 1826 †. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/scleractinia/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1416315 on 2025-06-01
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Goldfuss, G. A. (1826-1833). Petrefacta Germaniae tam ea, quae in Museo Universitatis Regiae Borussicae Fridericiae Wilhelmiae Rhenanae servantur quam alia quaecunque in Museis Hoeninghusiano, Muensteriano aliisque extant, iconibus et descriptionibus illustrata. Erster Theil. (Arnz & Comp.: Düsseldorf): 1-252, pls I-LXXI. [I-VIII, 1-76, pls. 1-25 (1826); 77-164, pls. 26-50 (1829); 165-240, pls. 51-71, 1 unnumbered plate (1831); 241-252 (1833)] [publication dates from: Quenstedt, W. (1963). Clavis bibliographica. In: Westphal, F. (ed.), Fossilium Catalogus, I. Animalia, pars 102. 118 pp. s'Gravenhage: Junk.]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50235037 [details]
From editor or global species database
Remark Goldfuss (1826, p. 51) created the genus Cyathophyllum in order to include many Paleozoic forms that had previously been assigned based on their general features like cone-shaped, ram horn-formed, etc. He combined material that had been published as Turbinolia, Hippurites, Madreporites, Caryophyllide, Madrepora, Calamites, and others. Goldfuss only included Paleozoic material in Cyathophyllum. Later, Cretaceous forms were assigned using this genus name. Those forms were subsequently transferred to scleractinian taxa like Montlivaltia and Dimorphastrea. The only Cretaceous taxon that has retained its orginal assignment to Cyathophyllum is the species C. posthumum Eichwald 1865-69 from the Lower Cretaceous of Russia. Felix (1914, p. 77) listed this form under 'incertae sedis'. Because the depository location of the original Eichwald material is unknown, its taxonomic position cannot be clarified. [details]
