WoRMS taxon details
Bathycyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
267258 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267258)
accepted
Genus
Bathycyathus chilensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (type by subsequent designation)
Monticyathus Alloiteau & Tissier, 1958 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Steriphonotrochus Vaughan, 1900 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Bathycyathus chilensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848
- Species Bathycyathus atlanticus Duncan, 1873 accepted as Caryophyllia (Caryophyllia) atlantica (Duncan, 1873) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
- Species Bathycyathus consagensis Durham & Barnard, 1952 accepted as Phyllangia consagensis (Durham & Barnard, 1952) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bathycyathus elegans Studer, 1878 accepted as Dasmosmilia variegata (Pourtalès, 1871) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Bathycyathus indicus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Bathycyathus chilensis Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Bathycyathus maculatus Pourtalès, 1874 accepted as Rhizosmilia maculata (Pourtalès, 1874) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]
Depth range 26-420 m
Fossil range Cretaceous to Recent
Depth range 26-420 m [details]
Fossil range Cretaceous to Recent
Fossil range Cretaceous to Recent [details]
Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2025). World List of Scleractinia. Bathycyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=267258 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. <em>Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3.</em> 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]
original description (of Steriphonotrochus Vaughan, 1900 †) Vaughan TW. (1900). The Eocene and Lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretacaceous species. <em>Monographs of the United States Geological Survey.</em> 39:1-263, pls. 1-24. [details]
original description (of Monticyathus Alloiteau & Tissier, 1958 †) Alloiteau J, Tissier J. (1958). Les Madréporaires du Montien des Petites Pyrénées. <em>Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse.</em> 93: 243–291. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
original description (of Steriphonotrochus Vaughan, 1900 †) Vaughan TW. (1900). The Eocene and Lower Oligocene coral faunas of the United States with descriptions of a few doubtfully Cretacaceous species. <em>Monographs of the United States Geological Survey.</em> 39:1-263, pls. 1-24. [details]
original description (of Monticyathus Alloiteau & Tissier, 1958 †) Alloiteau J, Tissier J. (1958). Les Madréporaires du Montien des Petites Pyrénées. <em>Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse.</em> 93: 243–291. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
Other
context source (Hexacorallia)
Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]
additional source Wells JW. (1936). The nomenclature and type species of some genera of recent and fossil corals. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 31: 97-134., available online at https://ajsonline.org/article/61464 [details]
additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. <em>Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.).</em> 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Biology azooxanthellate [details]Depth range 26-420 m [details]
Diagnosis Solitary, turbinate or variably conical, fixed or free. Often circular in outline in juvenile stages, becoming compressed in later ontogenetical stages. Costosepta laminar, compact. Septal margins smooth or nearly smooth. Pali not distinct from columellar laths. Columella formed by twisted trabecular segments. Endothecal dissepiments few in number. Wall septothecal, septoparathecal when not properly thickened. [details]
Fossil range Cretaceous to Recent [details]
Type designation Subsequent designation by Wells (1936) [details]
