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Trochocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

AphiaID

135105 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:135105)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Turbinolia mitrata Goldfuss, 1827 † accepted as Trochocyathus mitratus (Goldfuss, 1827) † (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Caryophylliidae Dana, 1846

Orig. name

Trochocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Synonymised names

Cyrtocyathus Alloiteau, 1958 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Elasmosmilia Beauvais, 1961 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Platytrochopsis Sikharulidze, 1975 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Trochocyathus (Platycyathus) Fromentel, 1862 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Turbinolia (Trochocyathus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 † · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Subgenus Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) Orbigny, 1850

  » Species Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) brevispina Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997
  » Species Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) hastatus Bourne, 1903
  » Species Trochocyathus (Aplocyathus) longispina Cairns & Zibrowius, 1997

Subgenus Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848

Species Trochocyathus circularis Cairns, 2021

Subgenus Trochocyathus (Blanfordia) Duncan, 1880 accepted as Platycyathus de Fromentel, 1862 † (synonymy)
Subgenus Trochocyathus (Peponocyathus) Gravier, 1915 accepted as Peponocyathus Gravier, 1915 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

» Species Trochocyathus (Peponocyathus) variabilis (Gravier, 1915) accepted as Peponocyathus folliculus (Pourtalès, 1868) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Subgenus Trochocyathus (Thecocyathus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Thecocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 †

  » Species Trochocyathus (Thecocyathus) intermedius Yabe & Eguchi, 1932 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
  » Species Trochocyathus (Thecocyathus) rhombocolumna Alcock, 1902 accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) rhombocolumna Alcock, 1902 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  » Species Trochocyathus (Thecocyathus) virgatus Alcock, 1902 accepted as Tethocyathus virgatus (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > superseded combination, basionym)

Subgenus Trochocyathus (Tropidocyathus) Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 accepted as Tropidocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848 (unaccepted > superseded combination)

  » Species Trochocyathus (Tropidocyathus) caryophylloides Alcock, 1902 accepted as Trochocyathus (Trochocyathus) caryophylloides Alcock, 1902 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  » Species Trochocyathus (Tropidocyathus) intermedius Yabe & Eguchi, 1932 accepted as Cyathotrochus pileus (Alcock, 1902) (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  » Species Trochocyathus (Tropidocyathus) lessoni (Michelin, 1842) accepted as Tropidocyathus lessonii (Michelin, 1842) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
  » Species Trochocyathus (Tropidocyathus) wellsi Yabe & Eguchi, 1942 accepted as Tropidocyathus lessonii (Michelin, 1842) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3. 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range 20-1650 m

Depth range 20-1650 m [details]

Fossil range Middle Jurassic to Recent

Fossil range Middle Jurassic to Recent [details]

Taxonomic citation

Hoeksema, B. W.; Cairns, S. (2022). World List of Scleractinia. Trochocyathus Milne Edwards & Haime, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=135105 on 2022-09-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2010-08-17 00:07:56Z

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Cairns, Stephen

2010-09-15 23:16:22Z

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Cairns, Stephen

2018-08-12 08:36:09Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

2020-01-16 17:16:55Z

changed

Hoeksema, Bert

2022-05-24 07:25:31Z

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Hoeksema, Bert

Licensing

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original description Milne Edwards, H.; Haime, J. (1848). Recherches sur les polypiers. Mémoire 2. Monographie des turbinolides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, Series 3. 9: 211-344, pls. 7-10. [details]

original description (of Elasmosmilia Beauvais, 1961 †) Beauvais M. (1961). Polypiers sénoniens des environs de Padern (Aude). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 7e série. 2: 723-727, pl. 21. [details]

basis of record Cairns, S.D., Hoeksema, B.W., and J. van der Land, 2001. Scleractinia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 109-110 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Veron JEN. (1986). Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific. Angus & Robertson Publishers. [details]

additional source Cairns SD, Keller NB. (1993). New taxa and distributional records of azooxanthellate Scleractinia from the tropical south-west Indian Ocean, with comments on their zoogeography and ecology. Annals of the South African Museum. 103(5): 213-292, 13 pls.
page(s): 240-241, Fig 4C-D [details]

additional source Duncan PM. (1873). A description of the Madreporaria dredged up during the Expeditions of H.M.S. 'Porcupine' in 1869 and 1870. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London. 8: 303-344, pls. 39-49. [details]

additional source Duncan PM (1884) A revision of the families and genera of the sclerodermic Zoantharia, Ed. & H., or Madreporaria (M. Rugosa excepted). Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 18: 1-204. [details]

additional source Tenison-Woods JE. (1878). On the extratropical corals of Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 2: 292-341, pls. 4-6. [details]

additional source Alcock A. (1898). An account of the deep-sea Madreporaria collected by the Royal Indian Marine Survey Ship "Investigator". Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta. pp. 1-29, pls. 1-3., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.27614
page(s): 11, 16 [details]

additional source Oppenheim P. (1930). Die Anthozoen der Gosauschichten in der Ostalpen. Oppenheim, Berlin-Lichterfelde. i-xviii, 1-576. [details]

additional source Sieg, J.; Zibrowius, H. (1989). Association of the tube inhabiting tanaidacean, Bifidia scleractinicola gen. nov., sp. nov., with bathyal scleractinians off New Caledonia (Crustacea Tanaidacea - Cnidaria Scleractinia). Mesogee, 48, 189-199
page(s): 192 Fig. 1 k-m [details]

additional source Smith FGW. (1954). Gulf of Mexico Madreporaria. Fisheries Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service (U.S.). 55, 291-295.
page(s): 294 [details]

redescription Cairns SD. (2000). A revision of the shallow-water azooxanthellate Scleractinia of the Western Atlantic. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 125: 1-235. [details]

redescription Cairns SD. (1979). The deep-water Scleractinia of the Caribbean and adjacent waters. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands. 57:1-341. [details] Available for editors